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Church leaders hopeful amidst Soviet upheaval ROME (CNS) - A week of independence ofthe Baltics and an continuing political convulsions in end to the forced annexation by the Soviet Union left church leaders the Soviet Union in 1940.

The telegram said a "normal optimistic about the prospects for religious and political freedom, exchange of diplomatic represenespecially in three breakaway Baltic tatives" would follow. Most ob, servers believed that meant a nunrepubli!=s.

The Vaticanjoined several West- cio would be named soon for Lithern nations in officially recognizing uania and the other states. The Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia Aug. current apostolic administrator of 29 - a move that would have been Vilnius, Msgr. Juozas Tunaitis, considered risky and provocative predicted a nuncio would be ap' two weeks earlier, but which made pointed within a month.

Lithuanian Foreign Minister Alsense as the Soviet Union appeared headed toward break-up after a girdas Saudargas praised the Vatfailed military coup. On Sept. 2, ican decision and thanked the pope. ' "We cannot forget the great President Bush announced the United States was recognizing the inde~ support that such a prestigious pendence of the Baltic nations and and popular authority as the pope gave to Lithuanian independence, establishing diplomatic relations.

Meanwhile, with the Commu- even in the most difficult moments," nist Party virtually ~wept aside Saudargas said..

While Gorbachev appeared ready and reform appointments being made by Soviet President Mikhail to concede independence for the Gorbachev, the bishop of Moscow Baltic states, the situation in the and others predicted even brighter Ukraine - another heavily Cathodays ahead for the church and its lic Soviet republic - was much less clear. The Ukraine declared its pastoral life.

The Vatican had waited patiently independence in late August, subfor some 50 years to recognize the ject to a referendum in December.

The declaration drew immediate Baltic states, home of an estimated support from the Ukrainian Catho3.2 million Catholics. .A telegram sent by Secretary of lic Church.

State Carc:iinal Angelo Sodano said In the United States, the leader the Vatican "rejoices" to see the of U.S. Ukrainian Catholics, Arch-

bishop Stephen Sulyk of Philadelphia said Aug. 29 that he hoped the move would inspire an "unparalleled religious renaissance" in that republic. But he warned of the effects of seven decades of atheistic education on the Ukraine's young and its leaders.

The churchman closest to the amazing political events in the Soviet Union, Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz of Moscow, met privately with the pope Sept. 2 to discuss the new situation in his country. No details of their meeting were made public. , In a series of interviews in Italy Aug. 28-30, Archbishop Kondrusiewicz predicted that the wave of political reform touched off by the failed coup would increase the church's pastoral and social role.

"The sentiment of liberty is, by this point, something that people are breathing in the air, and they are by no means going to lose it.

This marks a point of no return," he said.

Archbishop Kondrusiewicz gave support to Gorbachev but said Russian President Boris Yeltsin was enjoying greater popularity.

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Religious Education Day topics announced The Diocesan Department of Education is gearing up for its annual Religious Education Day to be held Sept. 28 at Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth.

Themed "Walk in the presence of the Lord," the event is designed for catechists and Catholic elementary school teachers but is open to all interested persons.

Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will celebrate the 'program's opening liturgy at 9 a.m. The keynote address by Dr. Ernest J. Collamati will follow at to a.m.

Chair of the religious studies department at Regis College, Weston, Dr. Collamati is a graduate of Providence College and holds a master's and a doctoral degree in theology and historical-systemic theology, respectively, from the University of Notre Dame.

The rest of the Religious Education Day program is divided into three workshop sessions with a break for iunch and viewing exhibits.

For information on registering, contact the Catholic. Education Center, 423 Highland Ave., Fall River 02720, tel. 678-2828, before Sept. 20.

A listing of workshop presenters and topics follows.

Workshop I 11 a.m. to noon Christopher L. Adams: "Come Follow Me: an Invitation to Families," on scripture, prayer and religious terminology for families; Rev. Fred Babiczuk, Espirito Santo parish, Fall River: "History of the Sacraments of.Initiation" for con1tl'lllatign progl'am catechists; Patricia Benoit, SS. Peter and Paul School and former RCIA chair-

RELIGIOUS Education Day logo designed by David Erwin of St. John the Evangelist parish, At!leboro.

person: "RCIA-A Parish Experience" on organizing a parish Rite of Christian Initiation-for Adults; Sister Ann Boland: "Teaching the Preschool Child to Celebrate" through the arts; Michaela Burke: "Methodology" on practical and creative aspects of teaching.

Rev. Joseph Costa, director, St. Vincent's Home, Fall River: "Hidden Diseases in Dysfunctional Families"; Noel Dent, St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River: "Stress Management"; Rev. Paul Desmarais, director, Providence diocese Occult Awareness Ministry: "Occult Awareness"; Rev. Mark Hession, St. An~e's Hospital Ethics Committee: "Who Will Help Me Walk - The Health Care Proxy."

Kathleen Killion, Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro: "Coping with Stress"; Rev. Jay Maddock, judicial vicar: "Church Annulment - Questions and Answers"; Sister Elizabeth Mahoney, St. Joseph's parish, Taunton: "Stress: Violence and Its Cost on Discipleship" with focus on effects on youth; Rev. Robert A. Oliveira, director, Continuing Formation of Clergy and Laity: "Will Turn to Page 10

KATHY WESTGATE welcomes a tiny new face to the nursery for premature babies at St. Michael's Hospital in Mhondoro, Zimbabwe, during a six-month mission experience.

Faith a link to home for Africa missioner

By Marcie Hickey In this lasi oj three jeatures on mission work undertaken by members oj the Emmaus retreat community, Kathleen Sullivan Westgate recalls her six-month internship at Ii Catholic hospitalin Zimbabwe.

The Emmaus programjoryoung adults, based at Cathedral Camp, East Freetown, takes its namejrom the town cited in the Gospel ojLuke, near which two disciples encounter a stranger andonly ajter ojjering him their hospitality realize he is the risen Christ.

Like the Gospel story, the retreat programjocuses on the r«ogn/tion oj Christ in the stranger. It is a message that is especially apt jo, three members oj the Emmaus community as they recall the experience ojjinding the jace ojJesus among strangers in joreign nations.

Previous stories havejeatured Sean Sheehan, who ,works in Ecuador with the disabled in the second ojtwo Peace Corps assignments, and Rayleen Giannotti, who spent 40 days at a Mexico shelterjor migrants.

Kathleen Sullivan Westgate, a velopment Network in' which she member of the Emmaus commun" worked at Lend-A-Hand Clinic in ity for eight years, lives in Matta- Walker, Ky. There she met Mispoisett with her husband Karl and check Mabvudza, a Zimbabwean infant daughter Kaiah. student also affiliated with the In coming years Kaiah will learn Network. that her name, meaning "season's "He told me so much about his beginning," is African, a reminder country and his family I was inofthe six months her mother spent trigued," said Kathy. Coincidenon the staff of a Catholic mission tally, at the time the Network had hospital in Mhondoro, Zimbabwe, just begun an internship program " in southern Africa. in Zimbabwe.

Assigned to maternity and pediTwo years later Kathy set out atrics at the rural facility, said for the African nation as part of a Mrs. Westgate, then on leave from group of II students.' While her the nursing program at UMass internship was in health care, othDartmouth, "primarily I helped ers were in such disciplines as agriwith prenatal care and worked in culture, social services, or organizthe maternity ward. I delivered 17 ing women's groups. babies, including twins," under the Kathy's assignment. was at St. supervision of Sister Raymond; a Michael's Hospital in Mhondoro, nurse-midwife. about 120 kilometers from the Kathy embarked on the foreign Zimbabwean capital, Hirare. The mission experience in January 1990 hospital is part of a mission comthrough the Overseas Develop- pound which also includes a Cathment Network, which sponsors olic church and primary school. student internships in developing The Church has a long history countries as well as in some regions of building hospitals and churches .of the United States. While the in Zimbabwe, which gained indeorganization is not affiliated with pendence from Great Britain II a religion, Kathy says her common years ago. While the revolution faith with the mission hospital's era was marked by persecution of Catholic community provided a and violence toward church worklink to her faith community at ers, the church has not experienced ,home and a means to bridge cultu- oppression under the post-revolural differences. tionary government, Bishop MumHer interest in Zimbabwe was bure Mutume, secretary general of the result of a previous health care the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops' internship with the Overseas DeTurn to Page Eight

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Diocese' of Fall River"':'-' Fri., Sept. ~, 1991

Hospital stay brief for Card. 0 'Connor

Cardinal Law urges lifting sanctions against Vietnam HANOI (CNS) - Boston Cardinal Bernard Law praised Vietnam for trying to slow the exodus of boat people and urged the V nited States to lift sanctions against its former enemy.

In an interview with the British news agency Reuters, Cardinal Law also warned other countries against pushing Hanoi to take "draconian" steps such as accepting forced repatriation or creating holding centers for returned boat people.

"For any nation to expect Vietnam to do more than it's doing in the present situation is totally unreasonable .... I think they [Vietnam] have gone the limit," he told Reuters.

A lifting of the V.S. trade embargo against communist Vietnam would help end conditions that prompt many people to take to the sea, he said.

Cardinal Law said Vietnam was doing a lot and should do more to create economic, social and spiritual conditions to make people stay. The exodus' of people seeking a better life was slowing, he said.

The cardinal is chairman of the Migration Committee of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and is to make a keynote speech at a major conference on refugees in Rome in October.

His six-member delegation visited Vietnam Aug. 28-Sept. 1.

Vietnam was right to oppose forced repatriation of boat people, Cardinal Law said. He also rejected the idea of setting up special holding centers on Vietnamese territory, calling them "tantamount to a prison" that would "compound their [refugees'] negative attitude to their own country."

"Why would the community of nations want to force this country to adopt measures that are draco-

nian?" he asked. "I would not like to see Vietnam be pushed into a solution of this problem that would be an injustice to Vietnam."

Britain held inconclusive talks with Vietnam in June and July on building a V.N.-supervised center for boat people denied refugee status in the British colony of Hong Kong.

At the end of August, crowded Hong Kong was home to more than 62,000 Vietnamese boat people in camps. Nearly 17,000 have limped in this year, almost four times as many as in the same period last year.

The cardinal urged Washington to end the embargo it imposed' against Hanoi in 1964 and extended when the communists won the war in 1975. The punitive measures deny Vietnam International Monetary Fund and World Bank l6ans, free trade with the West and transfer of high technology.

"I would hope the V nited States, by facilitating access to international monetary institutions ... would help in the economic development of Vietnam," Cardinal Law said.

But "any policy that is based p1Jrely on an economic solution is not a complete solution," he added. , Washington and Hanoi officials expect Bush to keep the embargo when it comes up for yearly renewal this month.

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NEW YORK (CNS) - Cardinal John J. O'Connor of New York was reported to be resuming his normal schedule Sept. 3 after a 48-hour hospitalization for what was diagnosed as heat prostration.

"Contrary to rumors that have cirCUlated, doctors have ruled out any possibility that the cardinal had suffered a heart attack," said a statement issued by Joseph Zwilling, spokesman for the New York Archdiocese.

Cardinal O'Connor, 71 , reported suffering weakness and dizziness Aug. 31 in Monroe, N.Y., while celebrating Mass for the Sisters of Life, a new order he is establishing to serve the pro-life cause.

STATUE OF Our Lady at Our Lady of Victory parish, Centerville, stands unscathed in the midst of tree limbs scattered by Hurricane Bob. After nearly three weeks, many Cape Cod communities are still cleaning up. the, mess left by' the storm.

Cardinal Mahony "grounded" LOS ANGELES (CNS)---':Soon after he returned from Rome this summer with his red 'hat, Cardinal Roger M. Mahony of LosAngeles agreed to sell, his private,' jetpowered helicopter.

Cardinal Mahony's acceptance of the $400,000 helicopter two years ago raised eyebrows of some who said the money for the aircraft could have been better spent on the needy.

Our Lady of Perpetual Help .church 235 North Front Street, New Bedford, Massachusetts

Sunday, September 15, 1991 ' 12 Noon to 7:00 p.m.

Parish Hall .. North Front St. FEATURING: Hand Crafts. White Elephant Table. Christmas Crafts Chinese Auction. Children's Corner. Plants Fresh Vegetables. Baked Goods

The 8,700-square-mile Los Angeles Archdiocese is notorious for the logistical problems caused by its vast network of clogged freeways and Cardinal Mahony, a licensed helicopter pilot, defended the gift as Ii time-saver that incurred no cost to the archdiocese.

He went to Good Samaritan Hospital, an archdiocesan institution operated by the Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth in nearby Suffern. Doctors there advised him to remain for observation.

They released him Sept. 2; and a spokeswoman for the hospital reported that "all 'tests proved negative.'"

He went by to visit the Sisters of Life again on his way back to his residence in Manhattan.

The following day, the archdiocesan information office reported that the cardinal had celebrated his regular 7:30 a.m. Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral and was continuing with his normal schedule.

Maronite auxiliary hit .by car

LOS ANGELES (CNS>, - As Maronite Auxiliary Bishop John G. Chedid was recovering in a Lynwood, Calif., hospital, police were investigating what they determined was a hit-and-run traffic In June, Cardinal Mahony told accident that caused his broken The Tidings, the archdiocesan newspaper, that friends and advis- bones and bruises. Meanwhile, the ers had recommended he relinquish assistant pastor at his parish and the helicopter for other modes of others in the Lebanese Catholic transportation. He agreed, saying community have pressed the police he thought he would no longer to cQnsider the possibility that have the time to keep up with cur- Bishop Chedid was attacked, rather rent information necessary to nav- than accidentally struck by a igate Southern California's busy speeding motorist.

The 68-year-old bishop was skies. founp, unconscious, in a grassy The helicopter was sold for an area a long a residential street in undisclosed price to an unnamed Belair, an exclusive Los Angeles buyer, The Tidings reported. The' neighborhood, t\1e evening of Aug. proceeds will be returned to the 12. When he awoke in the hospital, five men who formed a non-profit he had no recollection of how he organization to buy the rebuilt came to have a broken leg, broken McDonnell Douglas 500D for Card- facial bones, cracked ribs and other inal Mahol1Y. cuts and bruises.

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'OFFICIAL His Excellency, the Most Reverend Daniel A~ Cronin, Bishop of Fall River, has announced the following appointments for the Diocesan Catholic 'Charities Appeal: i Area Directors Rev. G~rald T. Shovelton, Cape Cod and Islands Rev. William L. Boffa, Taunton Assistant Directors Rev. Stephe'n Fernandes, Cape Cod and Rev. Paul Caron, Taunton Rev. John Andrews, Fall River

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ST. ELIZABETH'S Church, Tucker Street, Fall River, as it appears on its 75th anniversary (Hickey photo); Bishop Daniel A. Cronin, assisted by

Father Daniel L. Freitas, left, blesses the cornerstone of the new parish center built to replace the one destroyed by fire (Anchor, April 25, 1974).

St. Elizabeth's parish, Fall River, marks diamond jubilee St. Elizabeth's parish, Fall River, will mark its 75th anniversary at a 4 p.m. Sept. 15 Diamond Jubilee Mass of Thanksgiving. Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will preside; pastor Father Arthur T. de Mello, former pastor Father Daniel L. Freitas and former parochial vicars will concelebrate.

Bishop Cronin will speak at a dinner and program to follow at 6 p.m. at McGovern's restaurant in Fall River. The parish speaker will be Maria Viveiros of the parish pastoral council and Ron Correia, also ofthe pastoral council, will be master of ceremonies.

Parish History St. Elizabeth's Church, Fall River, is dedicated to Queen Elizabeth of Portugal, wife of King Dom Diniz, known for her religious devotion and charity to the poor and hungry.

Its history begins at the turn of the century, when Portuguese Catholics in Fall River foresaw the need for parishes that would enable them to preserve their native language and customs. ' As the Portuguese population in Fall River increased, there was a need for new parishes to accom-

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PRESENT PASTOR Father Arthur T. de Mello .

modate them. On Dec. 10, 1910, Portuguese residents ofthe Maplewood s~ction of the city, previously members of Santo Christo parish, became a mission of Espirito Santo parish.

St. Elizabeth mission's frrst Mass was celebrated on Christmas Day, 1910, at St. Jean the Baptist Hall

by Espirito Santo pastor Father Joao B. de Valles.

The mission was elevated to parish status by Bishop Daniel F. Feehan in September 1915. First pastor Msgr. John F. Ferraz immediately began constructing the church on Tucker Street and purchased a house for use as a rectory as well as the old Tucker Street School, which became the parish hall. The first parish organization, the Holy Name Society, was formed in 1915 by Father Ferraz and Luiz Perreii'a~· first president.

When Father Ferraz was transferred in 1917, Rev. Emmanuel Souza de Mello became St. Elizabeth's second pastor.

During his 16-year tenure, parishioners enjoyed such social events as "Lawn Parties~ and the "Portuguese Opera House," which featured plays and talent shows directed by organist Gilda Barbosa Rego. .

Father de Mello established a "Little Theatre"·on the parish hall second floor, showing movies first silent films; then ~'talkies" on Tuesdays and Thursdays for an admission pr~ce 'Qf 15 cents.

Men of tni: parish worked to clear the churchyard, creating the parish grounds that' exist today, and they temporarily forgot their Depression-era troubles bowling in the alleys established in the parish hall basement.

During the 1920s and '30s, the feast day of S.t. Elizabeth, July 4, was celebrated with a procession' in which a statue of the saint was:· adorned with fresh flowers and carried through neighboring'streets.: Also under Father de Mello's leadership, the parish St. Vincent de Paul Society and summer catechism classes for children were founded. Father de Mello was assisted in the latter by then-seminarian Joseph M. Silvia.

Father Silvia later became the

parish's third pastor when Father de Mello was transferred in 1933.

By then St. Elizabeth's was a 324family parish with a total of 1,200 parishioners, and the church was in need of renovation.

Parishioners responded generously with both financial and physical help. A corps of about 16 men painted the church in two weeks. Children of the parish donated a beautiful hand-carved crucifix.

Also part of the parish's rejuvenation were the acquisition of a new rectory at 515 Tucker St. and of a gold monstrance made from melted chains, bracelets and jewelry donated by parishioners.

When Father Silvia left in 1944, Father Joseph Cabral became pastor until 1952, when Father Jose C. Valerio was assigned to St. Elizabeth's.

Remembered for his resonant voice and establishment of the popular annual clamboil, Father Valerio died just three years later.

Father Joao Medeiros, a previous curate, was named administrator of the parish and 'was the sole priest there for five years, until the newly-ordained Father Manuel P. Ferreira was named his assistant in 1960.

Father Medeiros' 17-year administration saw further refurbishment of the church's interior, with the sanctuary made to conform to the reforms of Vatican II and a portrait of St. Elizabeth painted

on the church ceiling. A new front who has done much to encourage was put on the exterior of the laity participation in parish life.

A parish council and finance church, and the rectory basement and parish hall were also re- committee have been established, and Disciples of the' Sick and modeled.

After two years as curate at St. Women of the Altar have been Elizabeth's, Father Ferreira was added to the complement of parish transferred and followed by Father ministries. Several women have Ernesto R. Borges, then Fathers joined the previously all-male St. Antonino C. Tavares, Thomas C. Vincent de Paul Society. .

For parish youth Father de Lopes, and John C. Martins.

On Feb. 9, 1972, after Father Mello has established a basketball Medeiros' retirement, Bishop Dan- team and has made religious eduiel A. Cronin named Father Daniel cation a parish priority. An annual· parents' day features performances L. Freitas administrator of St. Elizabeth's. His pastorate was by CCD students, and a family marred by a tragic arson fire in picnic is held each summer: Aug. 1972 that destroyed the par'Father de Mello has also underish hall, but under Father Freitas' taken renovations of the rectory, leadership the winter of 1972-73 parish hall and church interior. was spent planning construction The sanctuary has been enlarged of a new center. and handpainted icons of Jesus A groundbreaking took place and Mary placed on the walls on May 13, 1973, and by October above the side altars. of that year religion classes and As the I,OOO-member St. Elizasocial events were inaugurated in beth's prepares for a diamond the new structure. jubilee celebration of life as a par-· Upon' Father Freitas' transfer, ish family, two native sons have Rev. Jorge J. de Sousa was named entered the diocesan priesthood: parish administrator in 1974.

Father Joseph F. Viveiros, direcThis multitalented priest com- tor of the Diocesan Apostolate for posed his own music - including Persons with Disabilities, ordained that for his first Mass after ordina- in 1974, and Father Maurice O. tion - and was also a skilled car- Gauvin, parochial vicar at Impenter. He remodeled the sacristy maculate Conception parish, New himself and saved on repair costs Bedford, ordained in 1986. by doing handiwork at the rectory.

The parish anniversary is a Parishioners were greatly saddened double celebration for Father de by his death in 1985.

Mello, who has just returned to . He was succeeded by present the parish after a leave due to pastor Father Arthur T. de Mello, illness. ./

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Ignorance is the cancer of faith. Faith must be.-taught; it is not a mere matter of infusion. When faith 'is not taught, superstition. takes ovel,'f If it is taught poorly, doubt beco'mes the rule.

The church has long had a method of teaching faith, using the teachers put in place from its founding, namely the pope (St. Peter) and the bishops (the apostles). The church has never taught grades of belief. His not a Catholic practice to pick and . choose what one wants to believe. The church has never offered a faith buffet where one can take what one likes. Such a system leads to a corifused faith; and many in our church are currently wandering about in this condition.

As w~ resume the school year, it is well that all involved in the teaching of faith, be it in parochial schools or CCD programs, realize their obligation to teach as Jesus taught; in'other words, to be aware that Catholic education is based on revelation, namely the Word and its handing on.

Too many who feel themselves to be teachers of doctrine are freewheeling confusionists. Their thoughts are often little more than self-interpretive stylistics. Feelings have much more to do with them than facts; impressions are more important 'than truths; theories more important than basics.

What makes this approach to religious education shallow as well as dangerous is that it is based on the tactics of evasion and some~imes outright deception. In the quest to be relevant, this teaching methodology underemphasizes that faith must respond to pure human needs. In this sense, it would claim that Jesus instituted a democratic church not a hierarchial one.

To be sure, there are areas of faith life subject to further study and open to controversy. However, there are many more areas well tested by time that are being ignored by religious educators. eNS/Reuter photo The sorrow is that in these circumstances the message of Jesus becomes garbled and confused. Student voices and WORKERS IN RIGA, LATVIA, TOPPLE A STATUE OF VLADIMIR LENIN acrimonious minds seldom improve the learning climate in the "For the time is, that judgment should begin." 1 Peter 4:17 classroom especially when faith is the subject at hand. This indeed has been the unfortunate case in too many schools that want to be known as Catholic but in fact have wandered a long way from home. Those who point out this reality often become the object of scorn and derision.

Yet the responsibility of upholding the faith as reflected by ment ofextraordinary means, while Too often such families can be

By Father Kevin J. Harrington the teaching church is awesome. The church community suicide is never permitted. seduced into believing that the One of the most disturbing trends should give its full support 1'0 those who have this charge and The distinction between ordinary quality of one's life means more of our age is the growing tolerance exercise it in charity. The journey of the mind to God is an toward euthanasia as a "moral" and extraordinary means of pro- than the quantity of one's years. exhilarating experience, as it should be. It is most unfortunate means to avoid suffering. A Nation- longing life' has' become less and less useful as new medications, A loved one's suffering may be that for many so-called "faith experts," it's a road that borders al Opinion Research Center poll surgical techniques and mechani- difficult to watch but no individdepression. Caught up in their own world and causes, they indicated that between 1980 to cal contrivances become common- ual has been given the right to terminate it. The church does not often suffer a narrowmindedness far removed from true 1991 the number of affirmative p l a c e . , responses to this question grew The real tragedy of our medical pretend to comprehend the mysCatholicism. H()wever let us make it quite clear that never from 61 to 70 percent: "When a must we return to the burning of heretics, even in a symbolic person has a disease that cannot be system is that lifesaving treatment tery of suffering. Only through the may soon be available only for eyes of faith can one begin to cured, do you think doctors should those who are able to afford it. understand that such pain and dissense.

If there are situations, as indeed there are, in the area of faith be allowed by law to end the Many would contend that we al- . comfort is redemptive in the myseducation that must be corrected and directed, let it be done patient's life by some painless ready face this situation. Heart tery of the suffering of Christ in means if the patient and family and liver transplants are out of the head and members. with care and concern for people, not by arrogant mandates. requests it?"

We all know the cliche, "If you question forthe uninsured or under::People of faith, even if or possibly especially when they are Rising support for euthanasia insured, as are less expensive life.have ,your health, you have everyhaving difficulties that are often both personal and intellec- reflects the growth of a secular l • A sick person, ina moment saving interventions. thfng. tual, need a lot of tender loving care, not banishment and definition of sympathy for the dying of medical care in of human weakness, maY gladly Ratio.ning in the face of an aging population scorn. favor oft\1e "haves" over the "have . exchange anything for his or her and the availability of extraordi-' nots" has increased during the la~t. health. But.human beings.are more May we all pray, that as we venture into the new school year, nary medical intervention. quarter century, mRre....e.v.en_than than human bodies. Bodies are that treasure offaith which we have received will be handed on The extraordinary success of most medical professionals are means toward a final end that too with fidelity and love.

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Euthanasia: disturbing trend

Derek Humphry, executive direc~ The ratio between the benefit . of crisis. The greatli~s:of'8society tor of the HemlockSociety, further and the burden regarding adminis- . will be judged in how itcares for its testifies to the growth of this trend. tering or withdra,wing a medical weakest and most vulnerable memRoman Catholic Church teach- , treatment should not be left in the bers. The care given to t,he dying ing has always been clear on this hands of those whose vision only should never be considered a issue: life must be protected and .scans the financial bottom line. burden by the family or the preserved whenever this can reaIn spite' of some very high government. The way our society OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER sonably be done. A Catholic may , standards on treatment protocols says goodbye (euthanasia) and the Published weekly by The Catholic Press of the ~iocese of Fall River' not opt Qut of life to avoid sufferpromulgated by some hospitals' way it says hello (abortion) speaks ing nOr actively assist others to 887 Highland Avenue P.O. BOX 7 ethical boards, too often ethical volumes about who we are! depart from life out of 'compasboards are not making the everyFall River, MA 02720 .'

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EDITOR GENERAL MANAGER has always distinguished between bereft offinancial means and bur- Jesus Christ founded his empire Rev, John F. Moore Rosemary Dussault "killing" and "allowing to die" in dened by the sight of a loved one in upon love; at this hour millions such a way as to permit the term~ Leary Press-Fall River pain can easily err on the side of would die for him."-Napoleon inally ill to die without employ"killing" rather than "letting die."

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One of the most appealing aspects of early Christianity was its ability to create an atmosphere of freedom for its members. Jesus' followers quickly discovered that, in imitating him, they achieved an independence they had never before experienced.

Christians enjoyed hearing Scriptures which spoke about Yahweh liberating his people. They saw themselves symbolically depicted in every verse. TodaY's reading from First Isaiah was especially significant.

"Say to those who are frightened," the prophet proclaims, "Be strong, fear not! Here is your God, he comes with vindication; with . divine recompense he comes to save you. Then will the eyes of the blind be opened, the ears of the deaf be cleared; then will the lame leap like a stag, then the tongue of the dumb will sing."

Though this oracle had been spoken more than 700 years before Christ, the Lord's disciples imagine Isaiah ~ad them in mind when the words first came from his lips.

The community's experience of freedom also seems to be behind the familiar Gospel narratives in which Jesus heals the blind, deaf and dumb. Since evangelists were constantly trying to convey the meaning of Jesus' life, death and resurrection to their churches, such miracles quickly developed into important teaching tools.

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We know the problem only too well.

Jesus never seems to notice anyone's social class. Those whom culture and custom force to the edges of society, the Lord pulls back to the center. Treating persons as individuals, he continually frees them from the prison of status to which they had been condemned. Yet, as James reminds his community, the Lord's followers are always on the verge of returning to the "old mentality."

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By FATHER ROGER of the Sacraments Congregation KARBAN had to remind us that there must story. He not only retains the be absolutely "no distinction of Lord's historical, Aramaic com- persons" during the celebration of mand "Ephphatha!" but he also the Lord's Supper. Though most mentions Jesus' groaning and the Americans presumed this state.-role of spit in the healing. Later ment was directed to those Euro;. pean churches which were still e~ngelists will methodically "clean maintaining their customary "royal "'up" the account.) boxes" at important ceremonies, Yet it did not take long for this Rome wa~ 'simply restating one of exceptional spirit offreedom to be .the 'most fundamental Christian threatened. James, working from principles. It applies to every comhis "nuts and bolts" Christianity, munity. warns his community of a dangerNo wonder our church has lost ous pitfall. ' much of its ancient vitality. Ignor"My brothers," he writes, "your ing James, we all too often enslave faith in our Lord Jesus Christ glor- people to their social status, their ified must not allow offavoritism. sex, or their place in ministry. It is Suppose there should come into no surprise that most of us read your assembly a man fashionably today's Gospel and investigate just dressed...and at th~ same time a its historical aspects. Only when poor man dressed in shabby we become free will we see how it actually applies to us. clothes."

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By DOLORES CURRAN

I am using one of the most profound letters I've ever received from a reader as the basis for this column. After filling me in on some of her personal experiences, she wrote, "National Public Radio reported children suffer worst in physically violent families, second worst in cold shoulder families and third worst in verbally abusive families. Yet I have seen little written about the damage of the cold shoulder."

Cold shoulder abuse: no bruises but still painful While the term cold shoulder family is new to me, it's an apt description of what professionals call the emotionally distant family. Signs include little or no touching, lack of listening, few endearments, retreat to private rather than family space, and primacy of work or individual interests over family activities.

Often the physical needs of the family are met - food, home, shoes, tuitions - so the parents do not see themselves as abusive. But neglect has long been considered a form of abuse.

Studies show that children and spouses would rather experience physical and verbal abuse, within reason, than be totally ignored.

But the cold shoulder family is on the rise in our culture. With both parents working and trying to meet the physical demands of job, each

other and children, there just isn't enough energy left over to deal with emotional needs.

the frightened adolescent, and the isolated spouse just don't garner much sympathy.

A psychotherapist in the adolescent division of a psychiatric hospital located in an affluent area told me, ~'I am really concerned about what I'm seeing. There are hundreds of kids in our area from , economically comfortable two-parent families who feel lonely and isolated within their families. They feel their emotional needs are insignificant to parents who are on the fast track. We shouldn't be surprised when they turn to peers for counsel, comfort and direction."

My reader points out how our society prizes the hard worker over the nurturing spouse and parent.

"Society mocks complaints about hard working mates whose long hours away from home are lauded as responsible, because they pay bills, provide a better standard of living for the children, and more' money to donate to church and social causes.

Others who work with families are concerned with what they call the hunger for intimacy today.

With the economy shrinking and wage earners working harder to keep their jobs, the lonely child,

"I want people to see that the effect of isolating one's mate and children from a personal relationship and neglecting family togetherness and basic physicall emotional closeness are just as wrong and damaging as being battered," she wrote.

Her words remind me of an

interview with one of the 10 most successful executives in America who said, "Reaching the level of business success that I have requires total commitment. If your family is too demanding, get a new family. That's what I did ..."

My reaction is that if a person, male or female, is bent on total commitment to the job, then he or she doesn't deserve a family. Better not to have a spouse and children than rear them with the idea that they are unimportant. It will save them hours on the therapist's couch later on in life., As a church and a culture, let's begin idealizing, not the financially successful parent and spouse, but the nurturing caring one, and let us speak out in defense of those ~ho claim caring and attention as the right of every family member.

When, not where, important for Sunday obligati By FATHER JOHN J. DIETZEN

Q. Please advise us how the church views attendance of Mass at hospital chapels. Does this cover one's Sunday obUgation?

We know several families who attend Mass at the hospital chapel more often than in the parish church.

Our priest said at one time that

it did not fulfill the Sunday obligation under these circumstances.

Has the duty to attend Mass on Sundays changed? (Indiana) A. Listening to God's word and celebration of the Eucharist on Sundays is still an essential part of Catholic life, as it has been from earliest New Testament times.

It is still also an explicit responsibility for all Catholics according to church law. The Code of Canon Law recalls our eucharistic tradition: "Sunday is the day on which the paschal mystery is celebrated in light of the apostolic tradition and is to be observed as the foremost holy day of obligation in the universal church."

It then provides, "On Sundays and other holy days of obligation the' faithful are bound to participate in Mass" (Canons 1246 and 1247).

Note, by the way, it says participate, not attend.

As for where to participate in Sunday Mass, church lawformerly placed some restrictions, stressing' mainly what we would usually call parish churches.

Now, however, canon law says simply that anyone satisfies the precept'to participate in the Mass by attending wherever it is celebrated "in the Catholic rite," either on the day itself or in the evening ofthe preceding day (Canon 1248).

Q. Can you tell us the difference between the Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed? Mainly our group is interested in when they each started. (Colorado) A. I've dealt with this more at length in t'he past. To answer your main question, however, the Apostles' Creed apparently had its origin in the professions of faith at baptism, the "baptismal promises" we still use in the rite of that sacrament.

A number of more rudimentary forms preceded this creed, which took its present shape probably in the fourth or fifth century. The Nicene Creed was formulated for the most part by the ecumenical

,Do children ever think their par.ents By Dr. JAMES & MARY KENNY

Dear Dr. Kenny: Our children constantly are complaining about fairness. We try to treat them equally, but one of them always is saying something like, 'You don't love me as much as my sister." I try to explain but they won't hear it. Though I know I'm right, I still feel a little guilty as they usually have some incident or point to show. How do you

'treat kids equally and convince he or'she should have been treated them you love them all the same? better or have received more.

(Indiana) What can you do? Be as fair To treat everyone equally is a as you can. Allowances, privileges, fine ideal but impossible to realize. chores, trips, clothing purchases Children have differing needs at and presents can be kept on a different times, and you will always reasonable par. Older children, of be spending more time with one or course, should have more privileges and there will be other the other.

No matter how carefully you try age-related differences. Simply be to be fair, your childrerLWill use clear about who gets what at what some situation to show that they age, and stick to your rules. have been shortchanged. They want ' Further, listen to the child who you to give in and buy them the alleges unfairness. Don't ~e too pizza, let them stay out later, excuse quick to assume they are wrong them from their chores. ' and to give your explanation why You cannot prevent sibling everything is fair. They may have a rivalry. Whenever there are limited point.

Be brief in your explanation. goods to be given, limited time to be spent, someone is likely to feel Stic~ to the facts.

For example, you might say: "Billy had to go to bed at 9 when he was your age. When you are as old as he is, you can stay up later too." Stop there. D,on't get hooked into long arguments where too much attention is focused on a false issue.

Realize that your child 'may be using'any tactic he or she can muster to get his or her way. If the "You love her better" approach doesn't work, they may try something else. If possible, subtract the sibling rivalry from the case and deal with the real issue.

For example, you might say: "No, you can't use the car tonight.

I need it. I'll drop you off at your friend's house if you, wish, but that's the best I can' do'."

council of Nicaea (325), primarily in response to the Arian heresy rampant at the time. ,Later in the ,same century the council of Constantinople introduced a small change in that creed, which we of course use (as do some other Christian denominations) each Sunday.

A free brochure giving the basic prayers, beli~fs and precepts of Catholic faith is available by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Father John Dietzen, Holy Trinity Parish, 704 N. Main St., Bloomington, III. 61701. Questions for this column should be sent to him at the same address.

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Finally, respond in a loving way.

Behind every allegation of preferential treatment is a feeling that he or she is not loved enough. Whether a child is actually loved more or less than a sibling, children often feel neglected.

So tell your child quite directly that you love her. If possible, mention something specific that she has done that you admire or appreciate. Spend some time with her. Squeeze her. shoulders. Hug her. Physical contact is the most ,reassuring communication of all.

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Selective memories of your mother By ANTOINETTE BOSCO

My daughter Mary and my daughter-in-law Judi live in Manhattan. Our conversation took an interesting twist when they visited me recently with their beautiful baby girls.

Anyone who lives in New York knows you can walk down any street and be accosted by someone begging or demanding money.

Eventually you learn to deal with this continual invasion of your "space," as I've heard many New Yorkers put it.

But Mary and Judi said that now that they are accompanied by their infants, they have experienced a great change. Instead of coming up and demanding money, beggars look at the baby, often smile and move away. And as they do, more often than not; the person will say something akin to "God bless you."

Mary and Judi have found this somewhat startling, an affirmation from an unexpected sour<::e that there is something about the mother-baby picture that still generates reverence.

We speculated that seeing a mother and baby together plunges us deep into our souls, causing us to remember that once we each had that unconditional love. Maybe the down-and-out in our society somehow remember that they were

once a baby in a mother's arms, and the subconscious memory is nostalgic and softening.

It all caused me to wonder what happens between infancy and adulthood that, according to popular literature, causes the motherchild relationship in so many instances to sour. It begins with such simplicity and promise, and ends up so often in criticism and even hostility and rejection by one or the other.

Books in recent decades have faulted mothers on everything you can think of, labeling them "vipers," and having titles like "When You and Your Mother Can't Be Friends." A few weeks ago I read yet another article reporting on a study in, you guessed it, the Journal of Abnormal Psychology, say-

ing "Mothers May Pass, on, Eating Disorders."

Rarely do you read studies that report good things about mothers.

One reason may be that people tend to talk about their mothers with selective memory. Not long ago someone asked me what I remembered from childhood about my mother. I immediately recounted how she spanked me when I was 5 and came home late from school.

Terrible mother!

But then I quickly realized what I had done: I had selectively chosen a memory. And I immediately countered this with how my mother used to read me fairy tales.

I recalled one in particular featuring a character named "Finestra." My mother told me "finestra" meant window in Italian. ' I thought, proudly, that my

mother was the smartest woman in the world for knowing that. Won'derful mother! ' Another reason why it may always be open season for dumping on mothers is possibly because it is so safe to do. For no matter what we say about them, most mothers won't hate and reject us.

Beggars on the streets of New York may be reminding us of something important - how basic and sacred is the miracle of birth and how wondrous is the love felt between mother and child.

It is for all too many a buried reality, but one that perhaps comes back in a spark of memory, recalling that, for most of us - placed first in a mother's arms when born into this earth - there was at least a moment when we lived in Camelot.

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HOLY UNION Sisters gather at a recent provincial assembly.

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Sisters of the Holy Union recently convened for a two-day provincial assembly at White's of Westport. The Holy Union Sisters were joined by 90 sisters from var. ious other religious groups to hear the keynote address of Helen Marie Burns, RSM, titled "Religious Life Today: the Challenge to Reweave."

Sister Burns told those gathered that apostolic religious communities are coming intq their own within the church. Apostolic religious life has been through many years of change and today is on the threshold of truly adapting the founding members' charism to the needs of today's world. The process of separating myth and mission is operative and must continue, she said.

Holy Union Sisters Ann Marie Phillips and Fran Cavey presented a workshop on "Health as a Spiritual Journey," emphasizing the importance of proper care and reverence for the body. T~e interconnectedness between a person's world view and health was explained.

The first day ,of the assembly closed with a liturgy celebrated by Father John J. Oliveira of St. Anthony of Padua parish, Fall River. Following Mass the sisters shared a picnic at St. James Convent in Tiverton, RI. Specialized topics were discussed at evening meetings which took place at Sacred Hearts Convent, Prospect Place, Fall River, and St. James Convent. The sisters viewed a video on changing paradigms and had a question and answer forum on their associate membership program.

Sister Mary Black, CSJ, formation director for the Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston, spoke to the' assembled sisters on the second day about formative communities.

Reports on various aspects of provincial administration were presented. Sisters Mary Ellen Donahue and Patricia Heath reported on associate membership programsin the New York and Baltimore areas.

Culminating the two-day meeting was the transition of leadership from Sister Ann Kernan to new provincial Sister Patricia Heath. In attendance to accept the new provinCial in the name of the congregational leadership was Sister Maria Teresa Andant, superior general, and her councilors, Sisters Mary Lou Sullivan, Mary Patricia Daly and Marilyn Spellman from Rome.

Sister Heath and councilors Sisters Paula Coelho, Mary Ellen Donahue and Kathleen Gibney assumed the leadership of the Fall River Province, of the Holy Union .Sisters for the next five years.

Sisters of the Fall River Province are missioned in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Maryland, Florida, Kentucky, Washington, DCand Rome, Italy.

A .festive celebration followed the ceremony.

Rosaries asked for Soviets HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (CNS) - Father Patrick Peyton, founder and head of the Family Rosary Crusade, Which promotes Marian devotion, asked Americans to mail him rosaries to send to the Soviet Union.

At the same time the Holy Cross priest announced he had authorized the rosary crusade's media operation, Family Theater Productions, to produce a film series on the rosary.

Rosaries may be forwarded to rosary crusade headquarters in Albany, N.Y. From Albany, Father Peyton said, rosaries would be sent to families in Russia, the Balkans and 'Eastern Europe. . "The gift of these rosaries will be a personal prayer to these families frpm the families of America," an Aug. 29 announcement of the appeal said.

Rosaries may be sent to Family Rosary Crusade, Executive Park Drive, Albany, NY 12203.

The Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, the largest order of religious women in the United States, appealed to president George Bush recently to "use the executive authority and moral power of your office to bring an immediate end to nuclear testing."

In a letter to President Bush, Sister Doris Gottemoeller,president of the Sisters of Mercy, said, "This testing uses financial, material, and human resources which could be used to address the needs of'the.,.,poor. We further object to the use of resources for the research and development of nuclear weapons, the continuation of the arms race, the disposal of nuclear waste on land and in the Pacific, the harmful effects on health and the environment, the destruction of 'land claimed by Western Shoshone Indians, and the use of violence to resolve conflict."

The Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, 7,300 religious women, are engaged. in education, health care, and pastoral and social work throughout the United States and abroad. .

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FROM TOP: a mother and child in colorful clothing are surrounded by earth tones-at this dwelling in Nyanga, the highlands region of Zimbabwe near the Mozambique border; Kathy Westgate, Sister Raymond and baby Pa'tience at St. Michael's Hospital. In background is radio scanner used to communicate with other rural hospitals and clinics; Karl Westgate and Sister Georgina, a teacher at, St. Michael's School, wearing a cross from the Fall River diocesan Emmaus program; Kathy and Mischeck in the pediatric ward.

Africa missioner Continued from Page One their 35th week of pregnancy beConference, told Catholic News cause the hospital was too far for Service while visiting the United . them to travel at the last minute.

States this month.

The ward had just 12 beds, so if St. Michael's Hospital is staffed more women arrived "they would by a number of Italian health care have to sleep on the floor," said workers - two doctors, a nurse Kathy, adding that once funds can and several volunteers - and run be raised the hospital plans to conby a native community of sisters. struct residential huts for the woHeading the staff is Dr. Maria men awaiting delivery.

Buggiani, whom Kathy says "has However, she said, conditions done an amazing job. Five years in the country are not as primitive . ago [the hospital] was just a tent." as one might imagine. "Zimbabwe Kathy spent most of her time has a good foundation for rural working in the maternity ward, health care in its mission hospitals, where wol}l~n would stay after and there is ,good access to health

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"You met great people that way!"

Kathy reminisces.

She compared that system to the situation in rural Kentucky, where "we had to go to everyone who needed help because there was no transportation" for them.

She said the Zimbabwe government sponsors mass immunization campaigns, and at the hospital she participated in immunization and well-baby clinics. The doctors visit outlying clinics biweekly - "except during the rainy season when you couldn't leave the hospital, the roads were so bad," said Kathy.

When she arrived in Zimbabwe, she said, "I had more of a theory background" while the hospital staff "had, more practical background" in health care. "I learned more about hands-on nursing because I was forced to do more."

While malnutrition was not a common problem and was "more related to the seasons" than chronic, said Kathy, she did care on a long-term basis for a child suffering from kwashiorkor, a severe form of malnutrition caused by insufficient protein in the diet.

The boy, named Mischeck like Kathy's student friend, was four years old and had suffered from the condition before at age two.

He . required hospitalization for the duration of Kathy's stay.

"He was in constant pain," she said. "He had to be force-fed because his stomach was so shrunken.

They thought they might have to amputate his arm, but the sisters cared for him so lovingly in a way you can't even explain" that the boy made a remarkable recovery.

She continued, "By the time I left he was walking around and his arm had healed," though it had fused from disuse and needed surgery.

"He had endured so much at a young age," said Kathy, "but no matter how much pain he was in, he was always a delightful child."

Another of her long-term pedi- . atric patients was a baby girl who had been abandoned at the hospital.

"Someone handed us a blanket and we didn't realize immediately' that there was a baby in it" weighing just over two pounds, Kathy recounted.

The stafflearned that the mother suffered phy~ical disabilities and couldn't care for the child, so the baby, named Patience, was kept at the hospital for months waiting to be placed in a home.

"It was really difficult to leave her behind," said Kathy. "In six months you get very attached. She had become a chubby little girl and everyone called her 'Kathleen's baby.'''

A significant number of St. Michael's patients were refugees from Mozambique, which has been embroiled in civil war for more than a decade. St. Michael's is close to the border with that country, and thus received many refugees who had made the dangerous trek over the mountains.

"They have very little clothing to protect them from exposure and they have walked so long and are so malnourished" that they are bound to need medical care, said Kathy.

She said she hopes to return to Zimbabwe with her family "when Kaiah is a little older" to assist the refugees and orphaned and abandoned children, while her husband

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would like to teach. She is now the delivery rooms needed continpursuing studies in social work at uous cleaning as well.

UMass Dartmouth.'

In their various internships, said "In Zimbabwe there is more Kathy, the American students need for social work than nurs- "were taught so much about aping," she said. Children like Pati- preciating things. The pace of life ence "become boarders at the hos- there is so much slower ~ they pital because there is nowhere to enjoy life." place them."

A high value is placed on family and religion, she added.

Immersed in Another Culture "They are a deeply spiritual While the Overseas Development people and have a strong sense of Network's internship program was designed to allow exchange of what's important in life. Children skills, it was also aimed at cultural are viewed as a blessing from God; exchange, which presented many they are really treasured."

While expecting her own child, challenges for the American stuKathy found that "people were dents. trying to tell us that a baby needs The first was learning the native all these things - but really a baby language, Shona. While English is doesn't need many material things, Zimbabwe's official language, "in they just need love." the rural areas you really need to In Zimbabwe, she said, people speak the [native] language," said find "such joy in little things:" Kathy.

She learned the basics of Shona singing while they work; a gift of in eight days of lessons in the west- oranges - "they'r~ like gold over ernized capital, but further com- there";'or even a telephone call.

"The phones are so bad over plicating matters was the fact that in Mhondoro she lived with Dr. there," she said, "you almost never Buggiani and the hospital volun- got through to the U.S." It was an "absolute miracle," teers, who all spoke Italian at she recounted, when she called home.

Cultural barriers proved even then-fiance Karl one evening and they were able to talk for half-anmore complex to bridge.

"Because I was from the United hour uninterrupted. She put some States I was viewed as an 'expert,' " of the maternity patients - who Kathy said. Patients "thought I had never spoken on a telephone was a doctor even though I told before - up to the receiver. them I was a nursing student." She , ,Karl may not have understood also found herself a member of a what they were saying, "but the minority for the first time in her women's faces lit right up!" said Kathy. life, a sobering experience.

Hospitality is very important in "A lot of young children had the country, where a traditional never seen anyone who was white. greeting involves cupping one's Sometimes they would scream and hands and asking, "Did you sleep their mothers would explain they well?" to which is replied, "I slept were afraid of me!"

On occasion she would notice well if you slept well," Kathy "people staring at me, watching , described.

When Karl visited her in Zimme to see if I was dressed properly, babwe, the two paid a visit to pointin'g at me, treating me differMischeck Mabvudza's mother and ently," she said.

But, she added, that kind of sister in the mountains near Moexperience "was not a daily thing. zambique, where the family raises I didn't have to put on airs to sheep to make sweaters and rugs impress anyone. They were happy to sell in the city.

When the visitors arrived, Miswith who you were." check's mother "was actually dancShe also found that because ing with joy to see us!" said Kathy. organizations which host student "That does wonders for your selfinterns have seen "so many people esteem!'路 come in and out of their lives" the She said she asked Mrs. Mabpeople are reluctant to "become vudza if she wanted her to bring too attached, so they are very anything to the United States for reserved ~nd don't open up fully."

Mischeck.

It was a challenge to become "She wanted us to bring him accepted, but Kathy says she felt some yams," said Kathy, "but we she'd succeeded when one mater- couldn't because of customs rules, nity patient asked her to name one so she insisted we eat the yams for of her twin sons, and another him!" called Kathy her child's mbuya, literally meaning grandmother but Faith Community also applied to one who is a guardAlthough less than half of Zimian for the child. babwe's population is Christian, Kathy also achieved the status with the remainder adhering to of "Sister Kathleen" ~ the title of traditional tribal beliefs, Bishop the hospital's religious is applied Mutume says the percentage of by locals to others as a sign of Catholics in the country has inrespect. creased in the past decade to about Kathy says that while she bene- 20 percent of the nation's 10 milfited from the practical experience, lion population. He attributed the even more important were the les- 10 percent increase to II; decline in sons in life learned from Zimbab- membership in the ,Anglican we's people.

Church as British sovereignty "I've gained much more appre- ended. ciation for a simple life - it's the Kathy says she enjoyed a sense kind of life my husband and I want of belonging in the foreign culture to lead' with our child," she said.' because of her mutual connection In the United States, she con- to the Catholic church with memtinued, "we~re so used to having bers of the St. Michael's communeverything that we need, but [in ity. She attended an English-IanZimbabwe] you're at the mercy of guage Mass with the sisters each conditions - food, water, the bus, evening and a Shona Mass on you never know when you're going Sundays. to have these."

"All of the prayers we say withAt the hospital, staff members out thinking are sung beautifully" often made their own supplies, at the latter, accompanied by such as gauze woven from a roll of . drums, she described. "Segments cotton, and there was "a constant of the congregation are given difcleaning routine." ferent parts to sing."

She explained, "We didn't have There ~re no pews in the church, a lot of instruments, so it required so worshipers Sit and kneel on the a lot of time to'prep-are those"'. and . _ _., .Tur.n tQ PageNine", 'd,_,

Episcopal parish in Texas votes to become Catholic,

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who were on vacation, participated in the meetings and vote to become Roman Catholic. The vote count was 87 in favor of joining the Catholic Church, one opposed and three abstaining, he said.

Children and occasional churchgoers in the parish were not asked to meet or vote on the issue, he said. When they are also counted, the total membership in the parish is about 150.

He said all his own family - his wife Jose, his son Giles, to become Catholic and were joining the church with him. His daughter is currently a student at the University of Dallas, a Catholic institution.

WASHINGTON (CNS)- Mem- Catholic liturgical requirement. bers of St. 'Mary the Virgiri Epis- The texts of the Anglican-use copal Church in Arlington, Texas, Catholic liturgy, approved by have voted almost unanimously to Rome 1983, are contained in a join the Roman Catholic Church. volume called the Book of Divine In an unusual move, Episcopal Worship.

Bishop Clarence Pope of Fort A Catholic priest will meet indiWorth permitted the congregation vidually with each St., Mary the to take the parish property with it Virgin parishioner to determine in its separation from the Episco- that he or she has made a personal pal Church and joining of the decision offaith and was not simply Catholic diocese of Fort Worth. going along with the group, he Father Allan Hawkins, rector of said. the 100-member parish, plans to Father Hawkins said virtually make formal application for ordi- all the regular adult parishioners, nation as a Catholic priest. with the exception of one or two He said decisions by the U.S. ~piscopal Church's General Convention this summer in Phoenix helped bring the issue to a head, "SHOREWAY ACRES IS A SURE THING" but for several years he has been II's 'What Life On Cape Cod Is All About" expressing "increasing concern" to ... :-.l.", Enl\land G.tAway' Mal\aline, his congregation that the Episcopal Church is moving away from •.

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" FROM TOP: "waiting" mothers inAthe maternity ward mix a meal of sadza porridge; Karl Westgate with the family of Mischeck Mabvudza in Nyanga; Kathy Westgate with Zimbabwean nurse and Italian doctor Marcella Greco.

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"For an offering, people put whatever they can into the basket," Kathy continued. "Usually it's coins, but once I visited another mission hospital and someone put in three eggs!" .

Easter was a big celebration, with an all-night vigil highlighted by a bonfire outside and "everyone - men, women, children, nuns dancing in the church." .

The Easter morning procession was "quite moving and quite beautiful," Kathy added.

For Kathy the St. Michael's community has b'ecome an extension of her Emmaus "steppingstone" community at home.

"A lot of my family and friends from Emmaus and others helped out monetarily so I could make this trip, and they sent medical supplies, a lot of which went to help the refugees."

She continued, "Being part of that community and knowing their love and support gave me the strength _to take such a leap of faith. It was beyond what I ever thought I could do alone."

She now keeps in touch with her African friends through letters.

In the end, she said, she found that the St. Michael's and Emmaus communities weren't all that different. "St. Michael's, like Emmaus, is a community trying to grow in faith...through coming together, sharing the Eucharist and music..."

The difference in Zimbabwe was "everything was translated with a cultural perspective - you didn't see a white man on the crucifix, you saw a black man.'"

She concluded that, "whatever community you are in, sharing your faith life with others is how you are truly enriched." , With eNS reports._

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Sept. 6,1991

Religious Education Day Continued from Page One the Real Jesus Please Stand" on the person and mission of Jesus.

Nancy Owen Quinn, music consultant: "Making the Connection: Music and Faith"; Rev. Jose M. Sousa, St. Anthony's parish, Taunton: "The Sacrament of the Present Moment: the Lord's Presence to Us"; Sister Theresa Sparrow, RSM, religious education director, St. Julie Billiart parish, North Dartmouth: "I Said 'Yes' - Now What?", helpful hints for catechists;, Rev. Joseph Viveiros and Barbara Domingue, Diocesan Apostolate for Persons with Disabilities: "Religious Education for Children with Special Needs: Models, Strategies, Challenges."

Workshop II 1:15 to 2:05 p.m.

Jane E. Arsenault: "Crafts and Ideas for Elementary Classes"; Kathie Barboza, principal, St. Jean Baptiste School, Fal" River: "Pilgrim in Time," a time ofidentity, experience and prayer; Patricia Benoit, "RCIA - A Parish Experience."

Rev. Paul Desmarais, "Occult Awareness"; Sister Maureen Flem-

SISTER路 MAUREEN FLEMIN G; SSND, East Coast representative for Franciscan Communications, will present a workshop for religious education directors 7 to 9:30 p.m.

Sept. 26 at St. Thomas More parish, Somerset.

Currently DRE' in Assumption parish, Westport, Conn., Sister Fleming conducts workshops throughout New England, New York and New Jersey anl will be on hand at the diocesan Religious Education Day Sept; 28.

An author and certified spiritual director, she has been involved in the At Home Retreat Movement and has offered retreats and enrichment programs for various parish and diocesan ministry groups.

For information on registering for the workshop, which will feature information on a Catholic adult video education series, contact the Catholic Education Center, 423 Highland Ave., Fall River 02720, tel. 6782828, by Sept. 20.

ing: "A More Effective Approach to Sacramental Preparation"; Jerry and Scottie Foley, Diocesan Office of Family Ministry: "Is Your Teaching Family Friendly?"

Mildred I. Gedrites: "One and One Makes Three" on how to help parents and children address sexuality issues; Peg Hannigan: "Teens: A Miracle in the Making"; Rev. Gerard A. Hebert, diocesan marriage tribunal: "Annulment: What Is It All About?"

Ann M. Holland: "First Eucharist: A Family Affair";' Sister Muriel Lebeau, SS.CC., principal, St. Joseph's School, Fairhaven: "Celebrating the Easter Experience with Young Children"; Dorothy Levesque: "Dealing with Dysfunctional Families."

Joanne G. Mercier, director of liturgy and music, Sacred Heart parish, North Attleboro: "The RCIA - A Beginner's View"; Patricia Pasternak, religious educaJUBILANT MU~COVITES holding banners and icons aloft rejoice at the waning power tion director, St. Thomas More of the Soviet central government. (CNS/ Reuters photo) parish, Somerset: "St. Paul and His Letters"; Edward Pirozzi, According to the Vatican newsBishop Stang High School: "Scrippaper, L'Osservatore Romano,comture and the Adolescent."

Continued from Page One munism's sudden collapse in the Sister Elaine Scully, RSM, religious studies department, Provi- separated himself from these peo- Soviet Union was a "sentence" ple [who led the coup attempt], imposed by history: that "scienBEIRUT, Lebanon (CNS) dence College: "Heroic Journey: Maronite Catholic Gen. Michel Implications for Leadership in the and that he has taken certain polit- tific materialism has co'mpletely Aoun, defeated rival for the leaderChristian Community"; Kathleen ical decisions and recognized his failed to meet its objectives." At the same time, the newspaper ship of Lebanon, slipped out of his Simpson, principal, Taunton Cath- own errors," the archbishop said.

Gorbachev took the crucial step warned that Western-style practiMiddle Eastern country for exile olic Middle School: "Walking the in France Aug. 29 after 10 months Rocky Road of Adolescence"; of resigning as head of the Com- cal materialism -.which also tends sanctuary at the French Embassy Kathryn E. Wrobel, retreat direc- munist Party, and his new Cabinet- toward oppression, it said -is still in Beirut, security sources said. tor, LaSalette Center for Christian level appointments since then have alive and well.

President Elias Hrawi granted In a separate editorial, the newsLiving, Attleboro: "Pre-Col\iirma- . "met with favor among everyone," amnesty to Aoun and his aides, tion Retreat: Awakening the Need he said. paper also cautioned that even as Col. Issam Abu Jamra and Brig.

Gorbachev, presiding over a the communist system is being for Love and Desire for Truth." shrinking central government, and dismantled, the "temptation to vioGen. Edgar Maalouf, a few hours Yeltsin have proposed shifting lence" is re-emerging occasionally, before Aoun's departure. Officials Workshop III power to a new national authority provoking apprehension and fear. declined to explain Hrawi's delay 2:15 to 3:05 p.m. in signing the reprieve, which says Susan M. Collamati, Bishop composed of themselves and the Nationalistic agitation in the wake leaders the exiled general and his aides of 10 of the republics which of communism's defeat requires Feehan High School, Attleboro: must stay our of Lebanon for five political intelligence and a willing"Discipleship: Does the Life Jesus formed the Soviet Union. years Archbishop Kondrusiewicz and avoid any political ness to face complex problems Offers Make Sense?"; Rev. David activity.

A. Costa, Bishop Feehan chaplain praised Yeltsin for sticking to his that involve minorities and human The cabinet approved the am. and Diocesan Office for Catholic principles and resisting the coup rights, it said. nestya day after parliament passed Youth Ministry: "Confirmation attempt, even in the face of army In the United States, church an amnesty for war crimes comRetreat? Oh No!"; Sister Jacque- tanks. "In that moment, he showed leaders enthusiastically welcomed the stature mitted during 15 years of civil of a true leader," he line Dubois, SSA, chaplain, Charlthe news of communism's demise. strife. said. ton Memorial Hospital, Fall River: Archbishop John L. May of St. Aoun, 55, fled to the French He said he and Archbishop Fran"Coping with Loss and Grief."

Louis said the changes in the Soviet Embassy and was granted political cesco Colasuonno, the Vatican's Sister Mary Dumond, CP, St. Union were "absolutely phenomen- asylum Oct. 13, 1990, as Syrian Anne's School, Fall River: "The representative to the Soviet Union, al" and gave him hope that "demo- warplanes attacked his headquartRoads of the Past Lead to the met shortly after the coup attempt cracy and the freedom of the var- ers.

Dreams of the Future" on faith with the Russian foreign minister ious republics" would be streng-.

Aoun's holdout in the enclave:: history and "traditional" sacra- for talks. The official told them thened. against the government and Syria's mentals and devotions; Sister Yeltsin would be coming to Italy Archbishop Renato Martino, a military presence and influence in Maureen Fleming: "A More Effec- soon and would like to meet with U.N. observer for the Holy See, Lebanon prompted battles which tive Approach to Sacram~ntal the pope, he said.

Archbishop Kondrusiewicz, like participated in an interfaith prayer killed a total of about 3,000 people.

Preparation"; Peg Hannigan: other Catholic leaders, also praised service for Soviet peoples Aug. 28 Western diplomats say Aoun "Teens: A Miracle in the Making."

Richard F. Kless, religious stud- the role of the Russian Orthodox in New York. He prayed that was responsible for dividing the ies department, Providence Col- Church during the abortive coup government leaders would have Christian community so much that lege: "Jesus in the '90s: A Com- and its aftermath. The archbishop the "wisdom and courage" to place it coul4 no longer resist a peace mon Man's Look"; Sister Chris- . .said he expected Catholic-Ortho- the well-being of their people imposed by Syria, which has 40,000 topher O'Rourke, RSM, St. Anne's dox relations to improve as a "above all partisan inte~est or ideo- troops in Lebanon. logical consideration."

Despite his defeat and silence, School, Fall River: "Single Par- result.

The collapse of the Communist enting: A Challenge for Us All"; Some saw Marian influence in Aoun retains a strong but largely silent following among many Patricia Pasternak: "St. Paul and Party in the birthplace of commu- the Soviet turnaround. nism .was unanimously hailed by Christians inspired by his effort to His Letters." , In Florida, Bishop John C. FavDebra Polselli', diocesan 'coor- church people in the West. rid Lebanon of all foreign powers. alora of St. Petersburg wrote in his Cardinal Agostino Casaroli, the dinator, Pax Christi: "Education It is believed by some observers diocesan newspaper, The Florida for Peace"; Dr. Patrick Reid, relig- former Vatican secretary of state Catholic, that it was "not a coinci- that Aoun's defeat was linked to ious studies department, Provi- who negotiated with communist dence" that the Soviet coup col- the Persian Gulf crisis. The scenadence College: "Women in the Old regimes for decades, said a number lapsed on Aug. 22, the feast of the rio they promote is that once Syria Testament Who Walked in the of popes - including John Paul II Queenship of Mary. signed on to the anti-Iraq team, it , Presence of the Lord"; Elizabeth .---- had helped bury communism. received a' tacit green light from Father Robert J. Fox, founder the Israelis and the Americans to Sinwell: "Sunday Readings as a But the world owes a special debt to Gorbachev, he said. of the Fatima Family Aposotlate, end the Aoun resistance. The Way of Walking with Our God." Govbachev was someone who said he thought Our Lady of Fati- Israelis, according to this version, Linda R:路Thayer, Boston archma's promise in 1917 of the con- signaled Syria that it could use its diocese pro-life office: "Why Not "understood the situation, who Pro-Choice?" with methods and had the courage to denounce it version of Russia was responsible air power in the final assault, which materials for catechists to convey . publicly and the energy to change for the collapse of communism in Israel had kept grounded until respect for human life; Bernadette it," Cardinal Casaroli said. Gor- the Soviet Union. He said it was that point with the implied threat Topel, religious stu,dies depart- bachev alone among Soviet offi- important to keep in mind that of its own air force.

Russia has not yet been converted. ment, Providence College: "The cials had the intelligence to underIraq, a sworn enemy of Syria, Naming of God and the Journey stand that "something was chang- "We're only at the beginning," he had been Aoun's chief arms suping," he said. said, "the best is yet to come." to Wholeness." plier.

Upheaval

Lebanese general allowed 'exile

Sister finds home is where the need is

By Marcie Hickey Parishioners at St. Anthony of Padua Church, Fall River, remember her as their one-time CCD coordinator and director of the student performing troupe "Christ's New Apostles."

The troup's name was perhaps prophetic for Sister Nancy Cabral, who returns to her native parish tomorrow to assume a new role in spreading the Gospel message: that of a Franciscan Missionary of Mary.

In the presence of fellow sisters, family members and friends, she will profess final vows to be received'-,

by Father John A. Gomes, pastor of Our Lady of the Angels Church, Fall River. A reception in the church hall will follow the 11:30 a.m. ceremony.

Sister Cabral left her native city six years ago to prepare for religious life at the community's formation house in Chicago. That city was her "home base" until last December, when she began ministering in Chamberino, New Mexico, a small town' near the Rio Grande. Its residents are Hispanic immigrants, most from Mexico, some in the United States legally, some not.

Dressed simply in a T-shirt bearing her community logo, a plain skirt and sandals, Sister Cabral spoke of a no-frills life in a town where existence is stripped to bare essentials.

"There is a lot of poverty" in Chamberino, she said. "You find in the highlands tiny houses with no running water - [residents] draw it from wells - and no sanitary conditions."

The town residents work on local farms, harvesting oniQns, peppers, cotton and pecans.

A nearby winery and a dog food manufacturer offer employment opportunities for some, but as the economy has soured such jobs are hard to come by.

Since many of the townspeople are not U.S. citizens, "they can't collect unemployment when there's no work, and there's nothing to fall back on," said the nun.

Sister Cabral is one of five Franciscan Missionaries of Mary living in the town. Two are social workers, one a nurse, and another a pastoral minister at a priestless parish' in another town. Sister Cabral is a parish minister and CCD teacher at Chamberino's only

Catholic Church, San Luis Rey, which serves 250 families.

In general the sisters' ministry involves running Bible discussion groups and other parish organizations, assisting townspeople in becoming U.S. citizens and teaching English.

Most of the children already speak the language, Sister Cabral said, but "a lot of adults don't and it's a handicap when they go shopping, have to sign papers," etc.

Most Americans don't sympathize with the immigrants' plight, she added. Americans think, " 'Well, they're in the U.S. now, they should learn English.' But it's hard for people who are set in their ways to learn a new language" and culture.

Sister Cabral knows whereof she speaks: she and two of her colleagues have been learning Spanish from the two Franciscan Missionaries who are Spanish-fluent.

In the meantime she is relying on her knowledge of Portuguese to "get by" in communicating with locals. ,Chamberino, she said, is "like a little piece of Mexico right in the . U.S." The parish is the "nucleus" of the town, and "there's a post office but no stores. If people want food they have to get in a car or ask the neighbors to get something. There are no buses."

The situation is hard on older people who can't get around, added Sister Cabral, "but for them to live in a larger city would be culture shock - they wouldn't know how to survive."

She said the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary first came to Chamberino several years ago because they found the area to have not only a great need but also a population willing to work toward better lives.

It is the mission of the community to set up a ministry, "find people willing to learn the kind of work we do for them, and when they become self-sufficient we leave and let them be the leaders" they have the potential to be, said Sister路 Cabral.

"You might say we work our, selves out of a job!" she laughed.

She continued, "We would like to see [the people of Chamberino] have more confidence in themselves. They are a very holy peo-' pie, good people, and we hope in

THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Sept. 6, 1991 The soil in Chamberino itself is sandy soil; it may sound crazy, but I miss grass!" .

She wasn't entirely sorry to have left New Mexico for the summer, either: "that's when the rattlesnakes come out. But the sisters keep a couple of cats, and since they haven't seen any [snakes], I guess the cats are doing their job!" , Jokes about "roughing it" aside, Sister Cabral c'onsiders her ministry a "stripping of the self' which began when she left home six years ago in answer to God's call.

"I felt called to religious life a long time ago," she said, "but finally joining was so hard, such a big decision. It really was a stripping of the self, to give up the things I was used to."

She mused that we all take for granted relationships with the people we live and wOl.:k with and familiarity with the city we live in.

"We become complacent," she said, and it was a challenge to overcome that "to go to Chicago, this huge city, meet new people-I guess I was afraid of it."

But, she continued, "I thought of it this way: Jesus left his home town and his family, and that's what I'm called to do, too."

She first considered joining a contemplative order because her

time they will be able to take over the things we are doing."

The townspeople have been "very receptive and welcoming" to the nuns - if a little mystified at first because they weren't very familiar with women religious.

"When we first arrived people were asking us if we had husbands!" said Sister Cabral.

Now popular members of the town, the sisters live in two trailers, which are "watched day and night" by vigilant townspeople.

The spare accommodations are necessitated by a shortage offunds.

"The diocese where we work is so poor, the parish can't pay us for the work we do," said Sister Cabral.

"It's hard to get by," but funds come from The Catholic Church Extension Society, which disburses monies for mission work, and from corporate grants for some of the sisters' social outreach programs, like a summer camp for the local children.

No Place Like Home While Sister Cabral is dedicated to her work in New Mexico, she admits there are things she misses about Fall River.

Chamberino is "an area surrounded by prairies - there are hardly any trees. That's what I miss most about New England.

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life "had always been so busy and full of stuff' that the idea of an unhurried lifestyle appealed to her.

But after investigating a number of communities, she still hadn't found what she wanted.

"Sometimes you just don't see what's right under your nose," she said of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary.

On an errand to the orrler;s St. Anthony's Convent in Fall River one day, she said she realized that while there was a contemplative component to the community's lifestyle, it is combined with active ministry.

"It seemed so wonderful that I could have both," she said.

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THE .ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Sept. 6, 1991 .

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS) - Pope John Paul II consulted history to find some lessons about the fallout from rapid and important political changes.

Speaking in the wake of the dramatic collapse of communist rule in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, the pope said these lessons include: • - -War is not the answer to resolving political problems.

- The huge gap between the world's rich and poor must be solved peacefully, based on social justice.

"Social and economic transformations have existed in preceding eras" such as the fall of the Roman' Empire, the pope said Sept. 1 at his midday Angelus talk.

The pope noted that the date marked the 52nd anniversary of the start of World War II and "the wounds Caused by that catastrophe are not fully healed."

"Even sadder" is that "still today

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Lessons to be learned from dramatic events, pope says people have recourse to arms as the way to resolve tensions among populations," he said.

"May the Lord help us understand the lessons of history: war does not resolve problems. Rather it creates new and graver ones," he said.

The pope gave his Angelus talk at his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, 15 miles south of Rome.

Earlier in the day, he traveled to Carpineto Romano, 40 miles south of Rome, birthplace of Pope Leo XIII, whose 1891 encyclical, "Rerum Novarum," is the foundation of modern church social· doctrine.

Pope John pll'iiI.-slii.a hiY.,*~e­ cessor had to read the signs of the times as indicated by the 19thcentury Industrial Revolution,another. era of dramatic social and political changes.

Pope Leo provided guidelines for the "peaceful resolution" of economic disparities between social

classes within each country, he said.

Today the problem of reducing this gap is an international one, and "unfortunately tends to get bigger," the pope said.

The world's "material, intellectual and spiritual resources" are a heritage of the entire world community requiring "a real sharing by all in the goods which must serve all," the pope said.

"It is good to commit oneself to work to live better; :l~ut it i's an obligation of ever'Y:Ol}e to build such progress together with others for the good of all," he added.

"The church has no -models to propose. The proper and .truly efficient models can only be born wittiiri-lhe context of different historiaU situations;" he said.

The church's role is to offer orientation, through its social teachings, based on Christian values, he said.

Spiritually hungry given bland dish, says Vatican official

A CROATIAN family and Catholic nuns escort the coffin of a Croatian National Guard soldier to a cemetery in Osijik, Yugoslavia. (CNS photo)

Vatican condemns ethnic warfare in East Europe VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Nationalistic aspirations in Yugoslavia should not be achieved by war, said a front-page editorial in the Vatican newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano.

The "temptation to violence" is seen "in the grave internal Yugoslavian conflict, signaled by the very real war in act between Serbs and Croats," said the Sept. I editorial.

It praised yugoslavian women who have demonstrated for peace.

"The mothers of multi-ethnic Yugoslavia have entered the scene, in the name of sons lined up on opposing barricades, to ask for an end to the civil war," the editorial said.

It cited the Yugoslavian situation as a warning that the end of communist rule in East Europe must not lead to wars among rival ethnic and nationalistic groups.

"The rebirth of nations, humiliated and oppressed by .a falsely 'international' system, does not in itself lead to the rebellion of exasperated nationalisms," it said.

At the same time, European leaders must understand that cer-'. tain "nationalistic agitation" is based on "legitimate feelings" having historical roots, it said.

This poses "complex problems of institutional, political and economic reorganization," it said.

"It is a question of political

intelligence ~nd ability by leaders having a responsible and guiding role in this historical moment for Europe," added the editorial.

Solutions involve taking into account "the rights of ethnic minorities present in a more or less relevant manner in all European countries," it said.

The Serb-Croat fighting began after Cro~tia declared independence from Yugoslavia. This sparked resistance from Serbs living in Croatia opposed to independence. Serb militias have been aided in the fighting by federal Yugoslav troops.

One of the Croat complaints is that the federal government is controlled by Serbia.

Serbia and Croatia are neighboring republics.

Kind Words "In speaking of others always be calm and cheerful."--St. Teresa of Jesus

ROME (CNS) - The Catholic and the practical" so that people Church is offering a bland dish to can "communicate effectively and the "spiritually hungry" in the way persuasively" about Christ, he said. it presents Christ's message, and Catholic communicators also more are leaving the table, said have a responsibility to overcome U.S. Archbishop John P. Foley, the "professional illiteracy in the the Vatican's top communications media" about religion, he added. official.

"Many of the problems in the The church needs to raise the professional level of Mass homi- media today spring from superfilies and its mass media program- ciality, the lack of philosophical, ming, said the archbishop, presi- sociological, historical and, of dent of the Pontifical Council for . course, theological formation" Social Communications.

Despite growing spiritual hunger, church attendance is declining beLIMA, Peru(CNS)- Suspected cause "people find church dull," he leftist guerrillas exploded a bomb said. . in a garbage can 15 feet from The archbishop spoke at the Lima's Catholic cathedral in the Gregorian University Interdisci- heart of the capital, killing one plinary Center on Social Com- person and wounding seven others munications in Rome.

Aug. 29,police and witnesses said.

"They are accustomed to proThey said the bomb, with about fessional media presentations, and 17 pounds of dynamite, damaged they find many homilies tedious, businesses in the area and shattoo abstract and too long," he tered windows in buildings in the said. surrounding area. One person died "They are accustomed to pro- and seven pedestrians crossing the fessional musical presentations, square were wounded by shrapnel.

The cathedral, located across and they find much-contemporary from the government palace in the church music banal," he added.

The archbishop said there is a main government square, was not need for improved communications damaged.

Police said the attackers left no education in the church. evidence of who had carried out This education should be "a the attack.

-..' happy marriage of the theoretical Interior Minister·~Gen. Victor Malca said security would' be stepped up because of the attack.

Peruvian church officials had 'I.. ,-"f, ,;, MANILA, Philippines (CNS) no comment.

The attack occurred days after - The apostolic nunciature in Manila recently announced that suspected Shining Path guerrillas Pope John Paul II was donating killed an Italian priest, Alessandro $25,000 "as a sign of his pateral Dordi, making him the fourth priest and loving solidarity with those to be shot or killed in Peru in a tragically affected by the Mount month. t Pinatubo disaster."

Delfin Garcia of the Philippine 0 InstituteofVolcanologyandSeism- WASHINGTON (CNS) - A ology said that lava deposits seep- group of private U.S. foundations ing into the rivers were aggravated has given $400,000 to computerize by recent storms. He said mud- the operations of the Vatican's flows buried 12 villages and wreck- budget office. edanother 15.

The grants for the Prefecture for Philippines President Corazon the Economic Affairs of the Holy Aquino said in a speech that even See were announced by Friends nature's wrath would not shake and Donors Interested in Catholic the will of the people to overcome Activities, a Washington-based their difficulties. "But God, please consortium of Catholic charitable it's enough," she pleaded. "We concerns known as FADICA. already have enough agony."

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among journalists and editors, he said. .

Archbishop Foley added that practical knowledge of the media is needed to effectively criticize it.

"One of the reasons that criticisms of the media so often lack credibility is that those who make them frequently lack a practical realization of what the media can and cannot do," he said.

"In short, they criticize from an Ivory Tower," he said.

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Church officials say the Shining Path appears to have hardened its stance against the church.

Archbishop Augusto Vargas AIzamora of Lima has said the recent killings of three missionary priests in northern Peru shows the Marxist Sendero Luminso (Shining Path) guerrillas are targeting the church as the last functioning institution in ~hat region.

"In my opinion Sendero Luminoso (Shining Path) has always tried to strike the church. Now they have begun in the diocese of Chimbote," Archbishop Vargas said in an interview with Vatican Radio.

The three priests - two Poles and Father Dordi - were slain in two attacks in the Chimbote Dio- _ cese 'in August. Leaders of Senderq Luminoso have reportedly threatened to kill two priests each week. foc;.using on The guerrillas the church because in many.places "it is the only institution that remains, that does n,ot go away and that supports the humble and simple people," the archbishop said.

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Catholic 'Cha,ritfes 'program aids'dru'g-exp,osed babies and'mo'ms KANSAS CITY, Kan. (eNS) - No flowers or balloons in this hospital room. No proud father.

No cigars.

The confession came late, in the delivery room. She had been using drugs during the pregnancy.

Now, back in:her hospital room, she is alone. Into the darkness of ,the room bounds Sharlene McPherson, gifts in hand and a friendly smile on her face.

"Congratulations!" she says.' It is the first time the new mother has heard the word.

"We take her a present for the baby and"lifpre'sent for her,'" she said. "It starts lis o'ut on the right foot - we'te not just some more people from the system who are there to judge her incompetent."

Ms. McPherson, coordinator of ,the Fifth Street Family Care.Program, has been making the' hQ~pi­ tal visits since la~t Ma,rch, when the service fO,r drug-exposed infants and their families bega~, Community Service Center, a non-profit organization of Catholic Charities, sponsors the program, which is funded primar.ily by the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services.

Including babies whose mothers abused alcohol during their pregnancies, between 10 percent and 15 percent of all infants born in the Kansas City area are drug-exposed, according to Miriam Potocky of the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare.

Ms. Potocky is conducting research on the effectiveness of the Fifth Street program, with an eye toward getting renewal of a 17month grant from the state agency and the federal Office of Human Development Services.

The program includes a crisis nursery and home-based intensive supervision. "When a mom signs up for the program, we offer her 30 days of crisis respite care, which

she can use any way she wants," said Cathy Kruse, a registered nurse and coordinator of the nursery.

"We also have a 24-hour 'warm line,' which is a sort of pre-crisis line," she added. "The professionals in the program trade off carryinga beeper, in case someone calls after hours and says, 'I'm in crisis.' " The Fifth Street staff includes an early childhood handiCapped teacher and aide, an occupational therapist, outreach workers, family therapists and trained child care providers. The goals are to . keep the family together, reduce develo,p.m.enta! obstacles to the cni'4va~tJ \tlciJp!p~rents develop a drug-free life. ' Fifth Street social worker Kathl,e~n:j~f!1\l,~I'jjvho, coordinates

the home-based supervision, teaches in-home parent survival skills and serves as a parent advocate in matters concerning education, housing and medical care: Ms. Kruse visits each client's home at least once a month.

The mothers are encouraged to bring all their children to the center on "family day," Friday. While moms and babies practice stimulation exercises or just spend quiet time together, brothers and sistes paint, play and learn upstairs with staff and volunteers. Siblings also can stay at the center during the day while moms and babies go to the doctor.

Carmen, 26, has been coming to the center for three months and says she and her drug-exposed 7month-old son, Maurice, are both

The Fifth Street family room getting better with the help of Fifth Street professionals. She has and nursery were furnished almost three other children - ages 12, 6 entirely with donations from Cathand 3 - and is pregnaqt with her olic parishes, Ms. McPherson said, and individual parishioners and fifth child.

She said that in the Fifth Street groups regularly drop off supplies.

With its ties to Catholic Chariprogram, "they'll do anything for ties and the open spirituality of its you as long as you help yourself."

Concern for her children's wel:- staff members; the program is fare prompted her to join the pro- solidly grounded in Christian valgram, Carmen said, and it is their ues, Ms. McPherson said.

"Although we won't teach any support that sees her through the particular idea, this is a Christiantough times.

"My oldest one, he knew what I , based program and all the staff are was doing, because I decided to [Christians]." she said. "Everytell him before he found out;" she body here thinks of this as tl,teir said. "He just told me he loved me, ministry. It's not just another soCial that whatever I go through, he'll service program. And it's certainly be behind me - just as long as I not just a job, or they wouldn't be quit." , here."

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Sister finds home is where the need is Continued from Page II coincidence that the convent bears the same name as her home parish's patron.

"My family always had a great devotion to St. Anthony as a miracle worker, intercessor - and finder of lost things. The more I believe in him, the more he helps me."

Finally, she said, she had "found" what she was looking for.

Images During her formation years Sister Cabral traveled, a great deal within the United States and abroad.

She counts as the most affecting experience a trip to Peru two years

HoiyG'od Holy' God! Holy strong One! Holy immortal One! Have mercy on us.

To Thee be praise.

To Thee be glory.

To Thee be thanksgiving through endless ages, o Blessed Trinity!

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ago for a meeting in Lima of young religious of her order.

During her eight-week stay she visited Franciscan M issi,oners working in the mountain regions of the country, where the peasant population, is terrorized by the Shining Path, an organization of Marxist guerrillas.

"The [peasants'] poverty is not only material but personal' - they live in .fear," she said.

Guerrilla!l;:~ill come along and paint a red hammer and sickle'on a whjtewashed1gpuse. If the .faf!ljly r.emO\ies. it,. tl1~"gut:rnJlas might come back and ,kill them, We woul~, gear guns firing, at night and knew the guerrillas were going through!a 'nellirby town." " "Our sisters," she continued, "try to help these people in the, hill country keep their dignity and faith."

The work is dangerous, she said, because the nuns are "considered troublemakers." Nevertheless, they go on "sharing the Gospel message and living it in the world today," said Sister Cabral. "I needed [the example of seeing] these sisters working with the people in Chamberino as 1 also try to express God to others." , After her profession Sister Cabral will return to' her New Mexico post at least until October.

Then, when,community members are given new assignments, she said, "I could be sent anywhere in the world,"

She is ready for that, she says, because "Now no matter where 1 go it feels like home. The needs may be different, but people are basically the same." "

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THE ANCHOR-Diocese of Fall River-Fri., Sept. 6,1991

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Cara is an attractive 15,.year-old Following this experience, Cara's from an affluent family. Cara began mother sought help for her daughvomiting to become thin at the age ter's eating disorder. She arranged of 12. She continued doing so for for Cara to enter a treatment protwo years, then she began to have gram in a nearby center. The ensumedical complications. ing weeks were truly a learning During a routine dental exami- experience not only for Cara but nation, her dentist noticed that the for her entire family.

Eating disorders are not unlike enamel on her teeth was eroding.

Cara denied any knowledge of chemical dependency. Both are why this might be happening, but evidenced by loss of control, by the dentist suspected she was induc- progression, by powerlessness and ing vomiting. by longevity.

He spoke to Cara's mother, exThat is, eating disorders and pressing concern for this serious chemical dependency are lifetime problem. Her initial response to companions. Recovery is an ongothis suggestion was surprise, disbe- ing process in both diseases with relapse always a possibility. lief and anger.

Cara's mother asked Cara directTreatment of eating' disorders Iy if she had been making herself and chemical dependency are also throw up. Once again, Cara denied similar;-, Most .programs incorpoany such behavior and became rate the Twelve Steps of Alcohoindignant that anyone should think' lics Anonymous, whicb apply to she might do such a disgusting eating disorders as well as to alcothing. But Cara was. Several times holism or drug addiction, and supa day. port group participation after treatWhat started out as a way to ment is considered essential to the stay thin developed into a fullrecovery process.

Of course considerable emphablown addiction. She had bulimia nervosa, an eating disorder which 'sis is also placed pn nutritional recan be and often is fatal to its structuring, building self-esteem, victims. goal-setting and assertiveness trainCara found herself secretively ing in all treatment settings. eating, going on junk food binges Reliance on God is an integral , and then relieving her feeling of part of any Twelve Step program, fullness by vomiting. and the importance of spirituality No amount of vomiting could in our lives is very much emphasgive her a sense of being thin, how- ized'in both chemical dependency ever, for each time she viewed her- and 'eating disorders' treatment. self in the mirror she saw "fat."

The end result of the treatment Her body weight was 87 pounds, experience should be new attitudes hardly overweight for a growing and new skills to cope ,with that 15-year-old' girl. But her concep- which has caused life-threatening tualization of how she looked was problems. , Cara is now recovering from her uncompromisingly "fat." .

One night when Cara had been illness, taking one-day~at~a-time on a binge and vomiting, she began as her strategy ·against bulimia. to vomit' bloo~. She called her ,Eating disorders are, ,very treat~-, moth~r who rushed h,er to a nearb)' able, and the earlier treatment is hospital where she was trelUed-for- sought-the-:less-damage. the. dis- .. , esophageal bleeding. . eases will cause. 'Another similar, Esophageal bleeds are a' very ,ity with chemical dependency! serious medical problem and can Learning to live with a serious be extremely difficult to stop. Cara .medical problem is never easy, but was lucl(y, however; a small bal, with the help' 6f the Great Healer, loon was "inserted intO her esopha- it can be done: ,

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Indeed, the hope for a different kind of world stirs hearts throughout the planet.

The song describes this transformation with these words: "Did you ever think that we could be so close, like brothers; the future's in the air, I can feel it everywhere, blowing with the wind of change."

In many ways, these lyrics are similar to what Jesus preached 2,000 years ago. He asked us to treat each other with respect, justice and generosity - qualities not wellpracticed in human history. He called his vision the Kingdom of God. Jesus invited us to welcome this kingdom into our hearts.

Whether it be in remembering what Jesus said or listening to a modern pop song, the ideas must be translated into individual, specific action.

Teens have just as important a role as anyone else. Every human, no matter a person's age, affects the quality of life for those that live near the,m.

Consider how you treat your peers. Is gossip, ridicule or the pressuring of o~hers, part of how you behave? -Do you make efforts to include those in your ~ activities whom others might exclude? Do you care enough to talk with a friend who is, dangerously close to alcoholism or other addictions?

More changes are going to occur on our earthly home.

Decide today to be part ofthat wind that blows healing, caring and justice to every member of. our human family.

I follow the mob Down to Gorky Park Listening to the wind of change The longer summer night Soldiers passing by Listening to the wind of change The world is closing in Did you ever think That we could be so close, like brothers The future's in the air I can feel it everywhere Blowing with the wind of change Take me to the magic of the moment On the glory night Where the children of tomorrow share their dreams Take me to the magic of the moment On the glory night· When the children of tomorrow dream away In the wind of change Walking down the street The distant memories Are buried in the past forever Down to Gorky Park Listening to the wind of change The wind of change blows straight Into the face of time Like a ~trong wind Then we ring The freedom bell for peace of mind Written by Klaus Meine. Sung by the Scorpions (c) 1991 by PolyGram Records, Inc. I CAN'T SA Y that I am a fan ically the end of communist dic- , of the Scorpions. However, I tatorships in Eastern Europe. do like their recent hit "Wind of Even though 1991 has brought Change." This five-man German serious setbacks; there can be group is well-known for heavy little doubt that a wind ofchange metal decibels, but "Wind of is sweeping our planet.

Change" presents a more lyriFor example, discrimination ' cal, ballad-like sound. according to age, race or sex is Comments are welcomed by The song celebrates the targeted for elimination. CurCharlie Martin, R.R. 3, Box rent emphasis is now on limit- , ' 182, Rockport, Ind. 47635. change in our world, and specif-

Kids, parents need your praise

By Dolores Curran 'how important they are S9 they This column is for kids. So if ,- don't very often praise their paryours don't rush hO{Ile from school ents. , ", and grab the paper to read my Wh~,n y~u say~ "Good ,~eal, column weekly, you might want to Mom, or. G.ood Job, .Dad, parshow this to them. And religion ents gl()w ~nslde. We like ~o hear teachers might want to use it to that you like and appreciate us. alert kids to how important they When you say, "I'm glad you're are to their parents' wellbeing. my mom," 'Ye're even gladder Kids this column is about af- you're our kid. When you' say,firming.' I know it's a long word "Gosh, how did you learn to 'do but it isn't any harder to say than that?" 'we feel proud. .

Nintendo. Affirming means telling -- Let me share a story with you others that they are doing a good fro~ ,a m?ther ,~ho' wrote me. job. Affirming is praise and you "BeSides be 109 ~ wlf~ and a moth~r, know how 'much you like praise~, I work part-tt.me a~ a nurs~ 10 The good news is that what you labor and dehve~y, "she wrote. say to your parents about what a "One evening w~l1e my hU~band good job they are doing is more and I were gettlOg the ch~l.dren important than what anybody else ready for bed, I' :was:,tall,ed':ID: to says. Iri'surveys,parents agree that work and e~ded up, worklOg your praise and thanks and nice through the'mght. words are' more important than "I came ~ome exhausted ~nd the praise they hear froID' each depressed at ~he thought of taklOg other their bosses or friends. The care of the kids by myself for the bad ~ews is that kids don't know long day ahead. As I was standing in the kitchen feeling a ,little sorry for myself, my three year-old, Jacob, came and stood in front of me.. " .

"He looked up at me with an expression ·of awe on his face.

'Mom, you're a really nice lady,' he , said.' '~I was a little surprised. 'What made you say that, Jake ?' I asked.

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I really like that story because little Jacob knew his mother needed to' hear that what she did was good, just as he and we need to know that others appreciate the good things we do.

Sometimes we forget that for every time we complain about our parents" we need t,o praise or thank them for what they do well. When we praise them they want to do more to please us.

But 'when we complain, they want to do less. One mother told me the riicestthing her family ever said about h.er cooking was, "Sure beats last night." .

Well, if I were that mother, it wouldn't beat last night because I like my family to' recognize that I've put time in on a meal fo please them. And they've learned that meals get better with praise. .When my son was'iftiigh school wre'stler, he and his teammates took packets of macaroni and cheese to'eat befQre a match to give them a burst' of ·energy.

"Mom," he, said to me, ~'the guys all agree that your macaroni and cheese is the best." -I was so pleased I sent packets with him for the whole team.

So, how 'about setting a new goal for yourself by affirming someone in your family once a day? It doesn't have to be everyone and it needs to be honest but when we start telling others that they're good and we like' them, they start feeling good and liking us better.

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Bush was addressing the Fraternal earned it. "I think recycling is a GREENSBURG, PA. (CNS)A community recycling project Order of Police. He said the presi- good thing, and I hope other kids 3. dent immediately identified them will start to help the environment developed by four' students at a by recycling around their neighGreensburg Catholic elementary as "my environmentalists."

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While in Pittsburgh, the youths borhoods," he said. school brought them national 5.

Brian said he also wanted to recogn.itipn and a meeting with also toured Air Force One, the 6. president's private jet, where Trent thank all the cooperative neighPresident ·Bush in August.

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Courtney and Brian Guerrieri was impressed .with the chief ad- bors for "putting the cans by their and Trent and Todd Gyory, all ministrator's slippers, engraved mailboxes" and both sets of parstudents last year at St. Edward with the presidential emblem. ents for their help and support.

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Fifth-grader Todd, when asked School in Greensburg, met with Todd 10 was elated to "sit in his 9. Boyz N the Iiood. A-IV (R) chair,:' a~ci 9-year-old Brian, en- to comment on cleaning up the Bush in Pittsburgh Aug. 14 as 10. 101 Dalmatians, A-I (G) . environment, reminded conservaaward recipients of the president's tering fourth grade this year, was "points of light" program. taken by the -aircraft's immense tionists that "little bags (of recyclables) add up to make a big differThe students began their "save size.

For Brian, the upcoming trip to ence in the earth." the earth" venture last summer "We need all the help we can get after a 1990 Earth Week obserDisney World will be a first, but he's not about to forget how p". to save the earth," added Courtney. vance at their school. According to Courtney, who is entering Greensburg Central Catholic High School as a freshman this fall, "the four of us got together to decide Recent top rentals' what we could do to help the 1. New Jack City, 0 (R) environment." They chose re2. Sleeping With the Enemy, cycling, she said, because the town A-III (R) does not have a mandatory pro3. Misery, A-III (R) gram.

4. Awakenings. A-II (PG-13) Since its beginning, the youths' 5. King Ralph, A-II (PG) recycling project has grown to 6. Uonheart, 0 (R) nearly 50 participating households, 7. He Said. She Said. prod ucing two truckloads of recyclA-III (PG-13) able materials every two weeks.

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GoodFellas, A-IV (R) The youths collect glass, alumi9. Hamlet. A-II (PG) num, some plastic and steel cans.

10. Flight of the Intruder.

They' clean, sort and deliver them A-III (PG-1~) to various recycling sites in t.he Greensburg area. The youngsters each pitch in about six or seven hours of work.

In light of the children's dedication and the project's environmenLisl COIItesy 01 Variety @ 1991 OolS,Graltts tal importance, Susan Guerrieri, General ratings: G-suitable mother of Courtney and Todd, for general viewing; PG-13said she suggested' their project for an award in the points of light parental guidance strongly program. "I never really thought suggested for children under we would hear anything," she said.

13; PG-parental 'guidance However, the families were notsuggested; R-restricted, unified of nomination in March 1991 suitable for children or young and invited to the White House this past July.They will also be teens. _ points of light guests at Disney Catholic ratings: AI-apWorld in Orlando, Fla., at the end POINTS OF LIGHT';Todd Gyory, kneeling, and, from proved for children and adults; of September. -. , left, Brian and Courtney Guerrieri and Trent Gyory of St. , A2-approved for adults and Trent, now a 'seventh-grader, Edward School in Greensburg, Pa., earned a presidential adolescents; A3-approved said he was "excited to shake his "point of ,light" award for initiating a community recycling for adults only; 4~separate (the president's) hand" during their program.

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Notre Dame School, Fall River, will hold an open house for students' parents, relatives and friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Sept. 10.

Kindergarten c,lasses begin with a half-day session Sept. II. For the first day parents may bring children through the office door; thereafter children are to report to the newly-renovated kindergarten play area. Parents will pick up children in the church parking lot.

Parents, relatives and friends are invited to a Mass marking the opening of school to be held at 9 , a.m. Sept. 17.

Each student at Notre Dame will take computer classes, which begin the third week of September.

A walk-a-thon is planned for Sept. 20 and school pictures are scheduled for Sept. 27.

For information concerning the school call 672-5461 between 8: 15 a.m. and 2:20 p.m. weekdays.

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By Hilda Young She snapped the ID tag around the handle of ,the' last suitcase'.

Three surrounded her, gifts from grandma.. Her father lifted them onto the check-in scale. The airline clerk's eyes said they were over~ weight, but he only smiled.

"Harva~d or Oxford?" he teased.

"State,'~,she said.

She walked between hel' dad and me as:we.moved toward her flight's gate. He put his arm around her. .i , "Are yo,~ ~¥.re you shouldn't wait until you: are at least 5 feet 2 inches before you're off to college?~ She was our shorty, all right.

Her three younger brothers. had long since passed her height, each marking it as a major event in his life.

They were missing her alr.eady, in their own ways. Our youngest, 12, probably the closest to her, fought red eyes as he lugged her snow skis to the car.

"Did you see how Mikey almost cried?" I asked.

"Yeah," she said softly. "I hope he writes."

This is the sister who would squeeze him by the little toe until

he would confess through 'angry tears Who had r~ined her Def Leppard tape.

"Which reminds me," said my husband. "Be sure to write your grandma."· "I will." She stopped and looked at us. "And, yes, I'll write, you, too."'· " This is the young woman who three years ago said communicatingwlth us rerp.inded her of "puttingPlay'-<Doh into aflour',sieve."

She hugged her dad, then me.

"Can you believe I'm really leaving?'" she said. "I won't see you until Thanksgiving. Are you feeling any 'empty-nest' phobias coming'on?~'

ActuallY, I was. She is,my first, the one who showed me the'terror and wonder of childbirth, the colicky one, the one who wanted to be potty. trained before I was ready, the one who was committed to becoming a saint at first communion, the one who changed, her mind when she hit adolescence at full stride.

Now she was straddling home and life on her own. She taught us that parents provide control as much as context and countour in their children's lives.

Schools' anti-drug program lauded . LOUISVILLE, Ky. (CNS) The Archdiocese of Louisville has been honored by Kentucky Gov. Wallace Wilkinson's·Office for a Drug Free Kentucky for implementing a comprehensive drug and alcohol prevention program in Catholic schools. .

The prevention strategy involves extensive training of school personnel and parents, a drug prevention curriculum, student "peer leaders" and other components.

The archdiocese was the first school system in the state to have faculty at all grade I,l,:vels trained, under a federally funded organization called COPES Inc., to conduct substance a~use. prevention classes.

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morally offensive which, however, require some analysis , and ~xplanation);O-morally "You know what to do if you get offensive. short on funds," Dad coughed self-consciously., "Get a job, right?" she laughed.

"You got it!"

We made small talk in the staging area until her flight was called.

We all hugged again. ,Walking down the loading ramp she turned and waved twice. . . My, husband and I stood in silence for'what ,seemed like a long time. , "My goodness," he finally exhaled. , "My feelings exactly,'~ I said.

"Want to call around and see if we can find a weekday Mass somewhere?," "Sure,".he grinned. "Let's recruit ,some djvine Ilelp to boost her letter-writing resolve.

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HOLY NAME, FR Meeting for persons interested in becoming CCD teachers, substitutes or clerical aides 7 p.m. Sept. II.

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ST. JOSEPH, NB Prayer group meetings 7 p.m. Sept.

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LECTURE ON CHRONIC PAIN, ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL "Less Distress: Help for Chronic Pain Sufferers," a lecture for the St. Luke's Hospital Community Information Program fall series, will be held 7 p.m. Sept. II. St. L.uke's White Home, NB. Information: 9971515 ext. 2919.

ST. MARY, NORTON CCD'office opens Sept. 9; hours 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. CCD teachers' meeting 7 p.m. Sept. 12..

ST. ANTHONY, MATTAPOISETT Guild meeting Sept. II. TAUNTON STATE HOSPITAL Psychiatric facility serving Bristol, and Barnstable counties and Nantucket seeks volunteers in recreation, pharmacy, library, greenhouse, and patient lounge and to serve as visitors and escorts. Service and church groups are also sought to assist in large group activities.

Information: Sanford Epstein, 8247551 ext. 127.

NOTRE DAME de LOURDES, FR Soup kitchen food drive this weekend; coffee, canned vegetables and broth are most needed. Vincentians need volunteers to work at store and visit cancer home patients.

ST. STANISLAUS, FR Back-to-school Mass for CCD and parish school students 10:30 a.m.

Sunday. Holy Rosary sodality season-opening meeting 1:15 p.m. Sunday. Holy Rosary Sodality/ Women's Guild joint installation at Evening Paraliturgy of Scriptural Rosary 7 p.m. Sept. II. SECULAR FRANCISCANS, CAPE St. Francis ofthe Cape Fraternity reception arnd profession 7 p.m. Sept.

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ST. PATRICK, FR CCD registrations after weekend Masses; school.

CATHEDRAL CAMP, E. FREETOWN Diocesan priests' retreat Sept. 9 to 13. .

HOLY ROSARY, FR Women's Guild first meeting of 1991-92 season 7 p.m. Sept. 9; F AMILY LIFE CENTER, N. DA'RTMOUTH Coping with Anger workshop 7 p.m. Sept. 10. Pastoral care training 7 p.m. Sept. I I. NB area Separated/ Divorced Catholics meeting 7 p.m.

Sept. II. Engaged Encounter Weekend Sept. 13 to 15.

LIFE IN THE SPIRIT SEMI.N AR, CAPE' Cape Cod deanery will sponsor Life in the Spirit Seminar 7 p.m.

Sept. 10, St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis. AIl invited.

WIDOWED SUPPORT NB area widowed support group monthly meeting 7:30 p.m. Sept. 9, St. Kilian rectory basement. Information: 998-3269, 992-7587. Attleboro area meeting Sept. 13, St. Mary's parish center, N. Attleboro; , Mass will be offered by Father William Babbit foIlowed by potluck supper and planning for trip to stockbridge.

EMMAUS/GALILEE Galilee monthly reunion 7 p.m.

Sunday, Neumann HaIl, Cathedral Camp; E. Freetown; witness speakers will be Glenn Amber and Andrea Higgins; Father Bob Monagle will be Mass Celebrant.

MCFL Massachusetts Citizens for Life has pro-life speakers available to . groups and organizations. Information: Jim Wasel, 676-8958.

CATHOLIC ALUMNI CLUB Catholic singles club monthly. meeting 6 p.m. Sunday, Brass Rail Restaurant, 11·25 Fall River Ave. (Rt. 6), Seekonk; dinner to be followed by discussion of activities in Southeastern Mass. and RI. New members welcome. Information: Tony Medeiros, 824-8378.

CATHEDRAL, FR 90th anniversary. of dedication of St. Mary's Cathedral occurs Sept. 7.

CCD parentI teacher/ student meetings 6 to 7 p.m. Sept. 9 for grades I throu~h 4, 8 and 9, Joshua and MC67;- 6 to 7 p.m. Sept. 10 for grades 5 through 7, MC35 and MC89.

ST. PATRICK, SOMERSET Women's Guild first meeting of season 7 p.m. Sept. 10, parish center; new members welcome.

SSt PETER AND PAUL, FR CCD registration for new students after Masses Sunday; teachers' meeting 7 p.m. Sunday. school.

Women's Club first meeting of season 7 p.m. Monday; new members welcome. CYO meeting 7 p.m. Sept.

10, parish center. Mixed Choir rehearsal 6 p.m. Sept. II .

O.L. VICTORY, CENTERVILLE Ultreya 7:30 tonight, R.E. center.

High School back-to-school dance 7:30 to II p.m. tonight, parish center. Guild meeting II a.m. Sept. 9, ' parish center.

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ST. JOSEPH, TAUNTON Guild season wiIl commence with Mass 6:30 p.m. Sept. 10 foIlowed by potluck dinner for mothers and daughters in church hall. Vincentians monthly appeal for canned goods this weekend. Taunton District Vincentians meet at parish 7:30 p.m Sept. 9. Parish council meeting 7:15 p.m. Sunday. Open house for grade I CCD students and parents 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Fina.! CCD registration 6:30 to 8 p.m. Sept. 12, CCD center, 19 Kilton St. O.L. CAPE, BREWSTER CCD registration after all Masses this. weekend and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m: Sept. 9 and 10. RCIA inquiry classes for adults interested in becoming Catholic or receiving sacraments of initiation begin Sept. 9.

HOLY ROSARY, TAUNTON . CCD begins Sept. 9 with registration at 6:30 p.m. Vincentians are accepting donations of Wheelchairs, walkers, bath chairs and other equipment; information: .rectory, 823-3046.

ST. THOMAS MORE, SOMERSET Sister Paula Christine of the Missionary Sisters of the Society of Mary will speak on missions in Fiji at Masses this weekend. Msgr. Henry T. Munroe wiIl celebrate TV Mass for Sept. 8; parishioners are invited to taping at II a.m. tomorrow, St. Julie Billiart Church, Slocum Rd., N. Dartmouth; group wiIlleave St. Thomas parking lot 10 a.m.

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY MASS Bishop Daniel A. Cronin will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving for couples celebrating 25th, 50th or other significant wedding anniversary in 1991 at 5 p.m. Oct. 20, Cathedral, FR. Couples may register in home parish by Sept. 23.

ST. JULIE BILLIART, N. DARTMOUTH Youth group meeting 6:30 to 8 p.m. Sunday. Guild dinner and meeting Sept. II; information: Annette Carreros, 994-3583, or Sheila Couto, 993-6362. Grades I through 7 CCD teachers' meeting 7 p.m.

Sept. 8 and 9 and grade 8 teachers' meeting 7 p.m. Sept. IO,Family Life Center.

SACRED HEART, FR Reunion of former and present members of Women's Guild bowling league 6:30_ p.m. Sept. 27, parish hall; reservation deadline Sept. 10; contact Roseanne Patota, 673-0554.

CCD registration this weekend and next.

ST. MARY,NB Women's Guild first meeting of season 7:30 p.m. Sept. 9; prayer service in chapel followed by tea in parish center. Reservations for Schamonchi cruise may be made with Barbara Lynch, 995-0537. Lector schedules in sacristy.

ST. ANNE, FR Cub scout committee meeting 7 p.m. Sunday. Girl SCClUtS and Brownies sign-up 6 p.m. Sept. 9.

CCD teachers' Mass and meeting 7 p.m. Sept. 12.

ST. MARY, SEEKONK Vincentians meet following 10 a.m.

Mass Sunday.

ST. JOAN OF ARC, ORLEANS Deacon R. Donald Biron has been assigned to the parish. Roses for Life will be available at weekend Masses.

Evening Guild meeting 7:30 p.m.

Sept. II, church basement.

ST. JAMES, NB Vincentians food drive this weekend.

ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI, NB CCD registration in church hall after weekend Masses. Lector and special minister schedules in usher room; altar boy sched ules in sacristy this weekend.

CHRIST THE KING, MASHPEE Parish, library volunteers meeting 10 a.m. Sept. 13. Women's Club Mass 7 p.m. Sept. II followed by meeting and pie social. Eucharistic adoration beginning after 8:30 a.m.

Mass today continues until 8:30 a.m.

Mass tomorrow. CCD registration after Masses Sunday..

CATHOLIC WOMAN'S CLUB, FR First meeting of season 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 10, Holy Name School, FR. . New members welcome. Entertainment by vocalist Dorothy Stratton.

Registration for Bishop's Night, Oct. 15, will take place. Coffee hour follows meeting.

ST. JOHN EVANGELIST, POCASSET Father Sebastian Mappilaparambil will speak at weekend Masses on missions of the Vincentian Congregation.

VINCENTIANS, TAUNTON Taunton District Council monthly Mass 7:-30 p.m. Sept. 9, St. Joseph's Church, Kilmer Ave., Taunton.

Meeting will follow in church hall.

ST. MARY, N. ATTLEBORO Widowed support 7 p.m. Sept. 13.

Finance committee meeting 7:30 p.m.

Sept. 16. Choir rehearsal begins 7 p.m. Sept. II; new members welcome; contact Jay Malone, 695-1877, . or Phyllis Gelineau, 695-0029. CCD teachers' meeting 7 p. m. Sept. 9, par,ish center. Youth group meeting 7 p.m. Sunday, parish center. Msgr.

George Tomicheck wiIl speak on. mission work in Calbayog diocese, Philippines, at Masses this weekend.

COUPLE TO COUPLE LEAGUE Series of four Natural Family Planning classes begins 3 p.m. Sept. ~2, St. Mary's parish center, Mansfield. To register contact Jon and Maureen Howey, 3394730.

SEPARATED/DIVORCED CATHOLICS Attleboro area meeting 7:30 to 9 p.m. Sept. 10, St. Mary's parish center; N. Attleboro. Information: 695-6161.

SACRED HEART, NB CCD registration 9 a.m. to noon tomorrow, CCD office. Teachers/ aides meet 9:30 a.m. tomorrow. Parish picnic noon t06 p.m. Sunday, St. Vincent de Paul Camp, Westport.

ST. LOUIS de FRANCE, SWANSEA Baptismal preparation class 7:30 p.m. Sept. 13; information: Deacon BO.b Normandin, 676-0029.

HOLY NAME, NB CCD regislration this weekend and next, religious ed ucation center.

Women's Guild Mass 7 p.m. Sept. 9 followed by meeting. CYO junior boys' basketball tryouts 5 to 8 p.m.

Sept. 8; information: George Viveiros, 993-2018. Registration for Brownies and junior Girl Sc~uts 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 12, lower parish center.

ST. DOMINIC, SWANSEA Pro-life committee meeting 9 a.m. tomorrow, lower rectory. Grandparents' Day Mass 9 a.m. Sunday.

ST. MARY, FAIRHAVEN Sacred Hearts Association meet·ing 7 tonight..

LaSALETTE SHRINE, ATTLEBORO Franco-American Pilgrimage Day 2 p.m. Sunday; 3:30 p.m. Mass celebrated by Springfield Auxiliary Bishop .Thomas L. Dupre. Bible study classes resume 10 to II :45 a.m.

Sept. 12, classroom above gift shop. · Information on fall events: 222-5410.

Activists sentenced SYRACUSE, N.Y. (CNS) Four Catholic Worker peace activists who symbolically "disarmed" a B-52 bomber on New Year's Day have each been sentenced to 12 months in jail arid ordered to pay $1.,900 in restitution. U.S. District .

Judge Neal, P. McCum imposed the sentences on Moana Cole, Susan Frankel; Ciaron O'Reilly and William Streit, who call themselves the "ANZUS Plowshares" after the biblical injunction to beat · swords into plowshares, and the South Pacific military alliance.

O'Reilly is from Australia and Ms. Cole from New Zealand. Streit, a former priest of the Diocese of Scranton, Pa., and Ms. Frankel are married to each other and live in Washington.